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‘The violence is off the scale’: staff and passengers at risk as assaults on trains in Great Britain soar to record high
UK NewsPoliticsBusiness•October 4, 2026 at 11:00 AMNational

‘The violence is off the scale’: staff and passengers at risk as assaults on trains in Great Britain soar to record high

By Gwyn Topham, Stephen Morris, Nicola Slawson, Hannah Al-Othman and Eve Livingston•The Guardian - UK News

Cases of abuse, spitting, head-butting and sexual harassment, have spiked as transport police numbers have dwindledWhen a train was halted outside Exeter St Davids station on Monday, rail staff leapt to one conclusion: there had been a violent incident on board.“Someone will have kicked off,” one staff member said. “It happens all the time. My boss got head-butted recently.” Continue reading...

Cases of abuse, spitting, head-butting and sexual harassment, have spiked as transport police numbers have dwindled

When a train was halted outside Exeter St Davids station on Monday, rail staff leapt to one conclusion: there had been a violent incident on board.

“Someone will have kicked off,” one staff member said. “It happens all the time. My boss got head-butted recently.”

Continue reading...