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Rail industry crackdown as trespassing criminals cause more than 3,300 hours of delays for passengers in a year
- Trespass crime including cable theft, vandalism, and obstruction caused nearly five months of delays to passengers and cost the industry over £10 million in delay costs in 2025/26
- Cable theft alone caused over 2,100 hours of delays and saw delay costs double to £6.8m in 2025/26
- New crackdown campaign sees rail industry and British Transport Police working closer together than ever in tackling trespass and railway crime
- New technology and better evidence gathering to bring more offenders to justice and reduce impact on passengers.
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Job done: roof refurbishment brings brighter journeys to Britain’s busiest station
At the start of Customer Service Week, GBR Anglia is announcing the completion of a major project at London Liverpool Street which is bringing brighter journeys to passengers.
THREE WEEKS TO GO: Hastings line passengers advised to plan ahead this October school half term as buses replace trains for nine days
- Buses replace trains between Tonbridge and Wadhurst from Saturday 24 October until Sunday 1 November
- Engineers will renew worn track just south of Tunbridge Wells
- Wider programme of maintenance to take place to keep the railway safe and reliable
Major 26-day tunnel upgrades get underway in Liverpool this weekend
With less than a week until £3.5m of upgrades to tunnels on the Merseyrail network, passengers are being advised to plan their journeys ahead of a 26-day railway closure.
Award recognises station’s commitment to neurodivergent passengers
Efforts to nurture a more inclusive experience for neurodivergent passengers have led to a top accolade for Leeds station.
Railway crime and vandalism causes 12 days of delays and £900,000 in costs
New figures show 80 incidents of trespass crime in the West Midlands caused more than 12 days of delays for passengers and cost the railway almost £900,000 in 2025/26.
New Hither Green footbridge opens for passengers as £28m programme hits latest milestone
- New footbridge at Hither Green available for use
- Work continues on installing lifts to make south east London station fully accessible
- Project on track to be completed ahead of schedule
Leaf busting trains set off to keep North West rail routes clear this autumn
A fleet of special ‘leaf busting’ trains is now travelling across the North West blasting leaves off the railway line to keep passengers and freight trains moving this autumn.
Trespassers cause almost 1000 hours of delays to passengers across Scotland's Railway
New figures reveal that trespass, vandalism and cable theft cost Scotland’s Railway almost £2 million over the last year, with 1,231 incidents recorded across the network.