Crime

Train operator c2c Trenitalia says its work to crackdown on fare evasion and ticketing fraud has led to one customer recently paying back £10,000. The customer, recently travelling through one of c2c's London stations, was asked to present their rail...

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...

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, 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...

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...

At the Central Criminal Court (the Old Bailey) in London, Transport for London (TfL) and Tram Operations Limited (TOL) have today been fined a total of £14 million after pleading guilty to offences under the Health and Safety at...

Some of the worst crimes that have taken place on Northern services in the past year could have been avoided if people had reported suspicious behaviour, the train operator’s chief operating officer, Tricia Williams, has said. Her comments come as...

Northern has offered a £1,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of the person police believe targeted one of their trains with air gun pellets last week (Monday 22 May). The incident, which remains under investigation by British...

As part of measures to deter anti-social behaviour, Northern is set to pipe classical music inspired by Handel, Beethoven, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky into 23 stations across its network. Music will only be played at certain times of the day, which...

Transport for London (TfL), in partnership with the Rail Delivery Group (RDG), British Transport Police (BTP), Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and City of London Police has launched a new campaign to encourage a culture of active bystanders on public transport. Through...