New way Sydney Trains is cracking down on 'incredibly dangerous' rail hoons

Teenagers are pulling dangerous stunts on Sydney's trains in a social media craze that is causing major safety risks on the network, and authorities have now unveiled a new fix hoping to stop it in its tracks.

There have been more than 150 incidents of the behaviour this year, including teens jumping onto and hanging off moving trains, swinging out of doors, and breaking through doors into guard cabins and blaring horns.

"It's incredibly dangerous, whether they fall on the tracks, electrocute themselves or even worse, be run over by a train," Sydney Trains chief executive Matt Longland said.

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"It's just very concerning behaviour…

"We've seen year on year this sort of behaviour, it is fuelled by social media, we see that it increases during school holidays."

Now, Sydney Trains is working with police to put an end to the trend.

Patrols have been increased on services identified as potential problem areas, and on-board security personnel are being stationed at the rear of trains.

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Sydney Trains is also rolling out physical buffers, fitted onto the back door of Tangara trains, stopping teens from standing on a ledge and being able to latch on.

"That will remove the ability to stand there," Transport Minister John Graham said.

"This is good news, but it's dangerous behaviour, we don't want it happening."

The rail network is also monitored by a network of 13,000 CCTV cameras on platforms and inside carriages.

This article was produced with the assistance of 9ExPress.