Crime

Railway lines into London Euston station plagued by graffiti have been cleaned up for residents and passengers.Special teams from Network Rail and HS2 have cleared graffiti hotspots in Harlesden, Queens Park, Wembley Central and Euston so far in 2021.The...

Offensive graffiti on a recently replaced railway footbridge in Liverpool has been removed in a continued blitz against rail network vandalism across the North West.A special Network Rail clean-up team quickly got to work on Mossley Hill footbridge after...

When Belly Mujinga, a ticket office worker with Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) Southern at London Victoria station, died of coronavirus in April after being spat at on the station concourse, he colleagues and her union were up in arms.She...

The British Transport Police will start an immediate roll-out of body worn cameras to its frontline officers to bring about "speedier justice for victims."

The British Transport Police has announced that trained firearm officers are to start patrolling onboard trains following the UK's increased terror threat level to critical.Armed officers have been patrolling the London Underground since December but this will mark the first...

Members of the public should expect to see more police patrolling Britain’s railway stations following the bomb attack in Manchester on Monday night.British Transport Police (BTP) will be deploying ‘more officers than usual’ – including armed personnel – on...

Deutsche Bahn (DB) is to invest 40 million euros in improving CCTV systems across the German rail network.The new cameras will improve coverage at some of the country's key stations.There are currently 4,800 cameras at around 640 stations around...

Crime on London's public transport system has fallen to its lowest ever level despite an increase in criminal activity on parts of the rail network, according to new figures released today.Annual figures published by the Metropolitan Police Service and...

Four men have been jailed after police discovered a commercial-scale cannabis factory in a disused railway tunnel in north Wales.Officers recovered 1,207 plants in various stages of growth from the Faenol Tunnels in Bangor.The cannabis factory was hidden behind...

BTP has released a statement following the sentencing of a train guard to five years in jail for manslaughter.Christopher McGee, 45, of Edenhurst Avenue, Wallasey, was found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence following a trial at Liverpool Crown...