Crime

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...

A £25,000 reward is being offered to anyone with information leading to an arrest of those responsible for a train derailment in Angus. The front section of the 8.04am passenger service between Edinburgh and Aberdeen came off the tracks at...

BTP officers believe an object placed deliberately on a rail track in Angus caused the derailment of a CrossCountry service at the weekend. The front section of the 8.04am passenger service between Edinburgh and Aberdeen came off the tracks at...

Police have seized £100,000 worth of cocaine from a 31-year-old man at Aberdeen railway station. The man, who is from Chesterfield, is due to appear at Aberdeen Sheriff Court following yesterday's (October 25) search. Detective Inspector Kevin Walker, of Grampian Police's...

Police have released CCTV images after a man was pushed on to a live track at Portsmouth and Southsea rail station. The 46-year-old man was attempting to break up a fight when he was knocked on to the track, narrowly...

Officers have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to in connection with a robbery at Swinton rail station. On August 16, a 16-year-old boy was assaulted for his mobile phone while waiting with friends at...

British Transport Police (BTP) believes the introduction of new legislation regulating scrap metal transactions will see cable theft on the railways continue to fall. Changes to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act will outlaw all cash...

A specialist bomb disposal squad was called out to diffuse three pipe bombs which were discovered on rail tracks just 10km away from Tatanagar station, India. The bombs were found under the fishplate of tracks near Burudih level crossing on...