Crime

Officers are appealing for the public's help after two men stole £10,000 of lead from a heritage railway line building. The incident happened at around 8.50pm on Friday 23 January. The men approached the North Yorkshire Moors railway in Pickering in...

South Western Railway (SWR) has once again received the highest possible score for safeguarding vulnerable people on its network.   Vulnerable people can include children or adults who are at risk of harm, who are victims of crime, or who...

Train operators in public ownership say the roll-out of body-worn camera (BWC) kits has become vital to increasing safety, deterring anti-social behaviour and supporting legal investigations into incidents on the rail network. Operators such as c2c, Greater Anglia, LNER, Northern,...

East Midlands Railway (EMR) is to close access to platforms from Nottingham station’s footbridge at weekends after data showed that a recent extension of restrictions led to a significant reduction in assaults and abuse towards both staff and customers. In...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has commented after a knife attack aboard a train on Saturday 1 November which left 11 people injured and sparked alarm across the UK rail network. The incident took place aboard the London North Eastern Railway...

LNER has announced it has been made aware of unauthorised access to files managed by a third-party supplier, which involves customer contact details and some information about previous journeys. It stresses, no bank, payment card, or password information has been...

The TSSA Union – the union for transport and travel workers – has launched a report, detailing the main findings from research conducted on TSSA members about workplace violence. The union launched the report at parliament on Wednesday 26 February...

East Midlands Railway (EMR) is urgently appealing for public assistance after vandals smashed the windscreen of a train and dropped building materials onto the tracks near Loughborough. In recent weeks, multiple incidents have taken place near Allsops Bridge, resulting in...

Trenitalia c2c recouped a record-breaking £596,493 from ticketless travel in 2024, after clamping down on fare evasion through a variety of operational and data-led tactics. By expanding the Revenue Protection team, c2c has ramped up deployment and coverage across the...

Birmingham New street passengers asked to be polite and respectful to railway staff over the festive period following station staff assaults. Network Rail’s Central route has launched a new poster campaign reminding passengers that 'Behind Every Uniform is Someone Just...