An investigation is underway after a man was spotted clinging to the outside of a moving train in Perth.
Public Transport Authority spokesman David Hynes told AAP on Sunday that the man got on the train in Leederville and was filmed by the public clinging to the exterior of the train on Saturday afternoon.
Main Roads cameras initially saw the man just before the train arrived at Glendalough station and he then moved to the inside of a carriage.
When the train arrived at its next stop at Stirling, he was arrested.
A police spokesman told AAP the man was taken to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital for a mental health assessment.
Mr Hynes said the man would face a trespass charge under the PTA Act.
He denied any suggestion the PTA was slow to halt the train, saying it would take 800 metres to stop and the man moved into the carriage shortly after the PTA was alerted to his actions.
Transport minister Rita Saffioti described it as a "very serious case" and said the transport authority had made a judgment and there would be an investigation into what had happened.
"These cases of pure stupidity can't really be accepted ... they're putting that person's life in danger and, of course, the passengers in danger," she told reporters.
But Ms Saffioti said she would wait for the investigation to be completed before passing judgment on whether the PTA acted appropriately.
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