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Duo admit £17,000 thefts from rail ticket machines

Duo admit £17,000 thefts from rail ticket machinesBY JULIA SUTTON http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/News/Duo-admit-17000-thefts-from-rail-ticket-machines.htmBedfordshire News on SundayTwo travellers have admitted raiding more than 50 railway ticket machines across the...

Published on 5 September 2010, 9:45 AM by Walker | 0 comment(s)

Tags: Bedfordshire BTP Theft Ticket Machines

Signal box attacked, railway staff threatened

Youths attack signal box and threaten to stab railway workerThe signal box attacked at Beverley Railway station.A TERRIFIED railway signalman called police after youths threatened to stab him.They threw missiles at the signal box next to Beverley train station after the signalmen asked them...

Published on 3 September 2010, 11:55 AM by Fiona | 0 comment(s)

Tags: Assault Beverley Station BTP Signal Box

Driver of sewage tanker in Suffolk train crash charged

The BBC reports that the 38-year-old driver of a tanker involved in a collision with a train in Suffolk has been charged with endangering safety on the railway.The man from Ely, Cambridgeshire, had been held in custody since the crash on Tuesday and is due before Bury St Edmunds Magistrates'...

Published on 19 August 2010, 10:51 PM by Blazer | 0 comment(s)

Tags: arrest BTP Little Cornard Sudbury

Police produce photofits of people whose bodies were found by railway

A facial imaging specialist has produced sketches of twenty people whose bodies were found on Englands Railway Network over the last 35 years. The police are hoping that the pictures will help to identify missing people and help to give answers to the...

Published on 19 August 2010, 1:26 PM by Walker | 0 comment(s)

Tags: BTP Missing persons

Dangerous escape for suspected shoplifter

Dangerous escape for suspected shoplifterAugust 18, 2010http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2076724_dangerous_escape_for_suspected_shoplifterA SUSPECTED shoplifter dodged police in Epsom by making a death-defying dash onto a railway track, causing delays for travellers.Officers were...

Published on 18 August 2010, 11:03 PM by Fiona | 0 comment(s)

Tags: BTP Trespass

Sudbury train incident - arrest update

The driver of the tanker involved in a collision with a train near Sudbury in Suffolk will remain in custody overnight after the court granted British Transport Police detectives more time to question him. The 38-year-old man from Ely, Cambridgeshire is being questioned on suspicion of...

Published on 18 August 2010, 10:50 PM by Blazer | 0 comment(s)

Tags: arrest BTP Little Cornard Sudbury

LEVEL CROSSING INCIDENT SUDBURY, SUFFOLK - UPDATE 21.10

British Transport Police (BTP) can confirm that a train has struck a large tanker, believed to be a sewage tanker, at an unmanned level crossing near Sudbury, Suffolk. The train has remained upright.BTP was alerted at 5.37pm today, Tuesday, 17 August, and police and emergency services are...

Published on 17 August 2010, 9:56 PM by Blazer | 0 comment(s)

Tags: BTP Little Cornard

Police Appeal for information after unprovoked attack at York Station

Appeal for help over station assault Premium Article !Your account has been frozen. For your available options click the below button.OptionsPremium Article !To read this article in full you must have registered and have a Premium Content Subscription with the n/a...

Published on 17 August 2010, 8:09 AM by SaxOnTheBeach | 0 comment(s)

Tags: Assault BTP York

Police and rail operators redouble efforts to reduce football-related disorder

British Transport Police and train companies are stepping up their efforts to tackle football-related disorder on the railways, as the football season starts.Last year saw a 49% rise in the number of football-related offenders dealt with as BTP and operators worked together to target disorder...

Published on 9 August 2010, 1:31 PM by Blazer | 0 comment(s)

Tags: ATOC BTP football

17 year old subjected to knife-point robbery at Brimsdown Station

05 Aug 2010 12:30BRITISH TRANSPORT POLICE RELEASES CCTV STILLS AFTER ROBBERY AT BRIMSDOWN STATION British Transport Police (BTP) has released CCTV stills into an ongoing investigation after a teenager was subjected to a knife-point robbery at Brimsdown station,...

Published on 8 August 2010, 6:39 PM by Walker | 0 comment(s)

Tags: Assault BTP Enfield Knife Crime Robbery

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