This reminds me of an incident where a Crackhead had broke into my Neighbour's place years ago and was last seen running off to the Station for a getaway.

The police were waiting for him at the station but was apparently punched in the face and couldn't apprehend him. (Hmm ... who's the 'Crack' head now ?)

He jumped on a train to Walthamstow so they stopped it before it reached Seven Sisters Station but when they finally got to it, they couldn't find any traces of him. They concluded that he must have forced the doors open when the train stopped and took off.