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Railways: Trespass

Asked by Jerome MayhewConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 15 July 2026UIN 17399

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of passengers delayed as a result of rail trespass incidents in each of the last five years.

Answered by Keir Mather

There were 65,540 trespass incidents recorded by the British Transport Police in the last five years (2021/22 to 2025/26); we do not have an assessment of the number of passengers delayed by these incidents.

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