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Northern employees get specialist training to help victims of ‘unwanted sexual behaviour’

Northern has established a network of specially trained staff to help victims of ‘unwanted sexual behaviour’ (USB) on the railway. Based at locations including Blackpool, Darlington, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Preston, and York they will help signpost colleagues who experience USB...

Man banned from all Northern services thanks to body worn camera footage

A man from Tyne & Wear has been banned from all Northern services across the North of England for 18 months. Joseph Bramley (30), also known as Joseph Gammell, of Cushy Cow Lane in Ryton was issued with a Criminal...

ScotRail triples the number of body worn cameras on Scotland’s Railway

ScotRail plans to more than triple its number of body worn cameras in a bid to tackle anti-social behaviour on Scotland’s Railway. The train operator will roll out more than 1,000 new body cameras by the end of this month,...

Industry announces positive findings of research project into staff safety and body worn cameras

In a first long-term initiative of its kind, train companies have joined forces to prove the effectiveness and promote the use of Body Worn Video (BWV) across the rail industry to improve staff and customer safety. Rail Delivery Group (RDG)...

One in five LGBTQ+ people experienced hate crime on transport network in the past year

Passenger watchdog London TravelWatch has called for urgent action to tackle abuse and hate crime against LGBTQ+ people on the capital’s transport network. The latest report on personal security shows that many LGBTQ+ people have an underlying yet serious concern...

Northern warns prolific fare dodgers of historic prosecutions

Northern has issued a warning to persistent fare evaders on its services that, once identified, they should expect to be prosecuted for historic cases of fare evasion as well as the journey for which they were caught. Where there is...

Railway Children launches Christmas campaign to protect vulnerable children

Railway Children is calling on the rail community to come together to protect hundreds of vulnerable children who will go missing from home this Christmas. The charity’s Christmas campaign focuses on its UK programme to raise awareness of vulnerability on...

New data reveals surge in verbal and physical attacks across stations in the capital

Several Network Rail stations in London have launched a new campaign reminding passengers that 'Behind Every Uniform is Someone Just Like You' after new data revealed an increase in verbal and physical assaults across stations in the capital. New statistics...

Northern joins Bradford students to raise awareness of ‘unwanted sexual behaviour’

Northern, alongside British Transport Police (BTP) and Network Rail, has supported the creation of a short film to highlight the types of activity that are unacceptable. It includes: cat calling, staring, up-skirting, cyber flashing, exposing, touching and pressing. The short film...

GTR and BTP renew commitment to safety

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has strengthened its partnership with the British Transport Police (BTP) for another year by signing a collaboration agreement, committing both organisations to work together towards shared objectives. The declaration was signed by Patrick Verwer, CEO of...

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Network Rail and the Railway Children raise over £130,000 to help vulnerable children

Network Rail has teamed up with the charity Railway Children to host a fifth annual sleepout event in railway...