Grandad saves toddler on NSW train tracks

A man has risked his life to save his young granddaughter after the pram she was in rolled onto train tracks in Sydney.

An heroic grandfather has narrowly missed being hit by a train to save his baby granddaughter. (AAP)

An heroic grandfather has narrowly missed being hit by a train after jumping onto tracks to save his baby granddaughter.

The man jumped onto tracks at Wentworthville, in Sydney's west, when a pram with his 18-month-old granddaughter inside rolled off the platform on Sunday.

The 62-year-old handed the toddler back to family but was forced to walk along the tracks to get back onto the platform, narrowly missing an oncoming freight train, police say.