"Jack Taylor" wrote in message
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"CJG Now Thankfully Living In The North" wrote
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So if they know so much about the railways how come

a) they patrol in police cars rather than on the actual trains.

How do you suggest that they attend trackside incidents by travelling on
the
train? Incidents occur on other parts of the railway than just those
served
by passenger trains. Then there is a question of response time. There is
an
incident (say, an attempted armed robbery at a ticket office) at a station
further down the line. Do you seriously suggest that the BTP wait, for
example, half an hour for the next service train? Barking!

Not only that, it was clearly demonstrated that some officers have to deal
with stations on completely different lines. The officer shown at Ashford
International would probably have to go nearly into London to get across to
Westgate by train, but it is not too far by road.