238 people squeeze onto world’s longest railway bench

By Nathan Pynn

Mind the gap! Amazing pictures show 238 people crammed onto the world’s longest railway bench .

The brave souls squeezed onto the 139m (456ft) wooden seat at Scarborough train station .

It was built in 1883 on platform 1 to accommodate the growing number of visitors flocking to the northern seaside town.

The single-seat bench is the same length as seven railway carriages or 12 double-decker buses.

When it was unveiled, its architect, William Bell boasted that 230 people could sit on the bench at one time.

The Yorkshire Coast Community Rail Partnership (YCCRP) set the challenge to find out if this was still the case 142 years after it was built.

On Tuesday, Sept. 30, 238 locals and train fans wedged themselves onto the Victorian bench, with town crier David Birds