An enthusiastic teen on work experience won the hearts of the nation when he took over Southern Rail’s Twitter account – with hilarious results.

Eddie, a 15-year-old student from South London, was handed the reins to the company’s Twitter account on Tuesday afternoon, and soon found himself engaging with a number of their 163,000 followers.

“Hi, Eddie here!” the keen intern wrote in his first tweet, sent just after 2.30pm. “Here on Work Experience and ready to answer your questions!”

Predictably, within seconds Eddie had a number of tweets to contend with, as Twitter uses saw their opportunity to ask him the questions of a lifetime.

"URGENT QUESTION - Eddie, would you rather have rollerblades for feet or chopsticks for hands for the rest of your life?" asked one.

Wisely, Eddie opted for rollerblades.

Work experience teen goes viral with hilarious Southern Rail tweets