#railway-safety

#railway-safety

"We are distraught and stunned but, most of all, we're angry," said EVG boss Martin Burkert. "We cannot accept that train conductors face life-threatening danger when starting their shifts."

A dangerous footbridge in east London that had to be closed after someone fell through the floor onto the railway below has been replaced, three years after it closed. In August 2022, a pedestrian crossing the Kennedy Road footbridge near Barking station had to be taken to hospital with minor injuries after he fell onto the railway. The old footbridge was demolished shortly afterwards, but in doing so, it severed the only crossing over the railway in this part of town.

Casey, one of London's most senior openly gay police officers, stated, "hate has no place on our railways - or anywhere else." Jones and Peart were travelling together on a train service from Brighton to London when the incident occured. Three passengers mocked their voices and threw wine at them. The British Transport Police (BTP) have launched an investigation. Writing for The Standard, Casey outlined any form of abuse "is utterly abhorrent and will not be tolerated by the British Transport Police."

The level of violence on Southern and Gatwick Express services and stations has reached a crisis point and is totally unacceptable. Our members are being assaulted, threatened and abused at work and the company is not doing enough to stop it.