Railways: Travel Information

(asked on 24th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his press release of 21 January 2022 on reducing train announcements, whether British Transport Police announcements with counter-terror information, and details of how to report concerns via the See it. Say it. Sorted campaign, will be decreased or removed from train announcements.


Answered by
Wendy Morton Portrait
Wendy Morton
This question was answered on 27th January 2022

Train operating companies are required to make security announcements at a set frequency to encourage the public to be vigilant for all types of crime and to report this to either Rail Staff or the British Transport Police. This requirement has not changed, but we will be ensuring that rail operators do not make more announcements than they are required to do and to avoid unnecessary repetitions of the message.

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