As Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:53:04 +0100 appeared fresh and rosy-fingered,
"Ed Crowley" wrote:


"Stewart" wrote in message
...

I think muggings/attacks will increase, late at night I feel pretty unsafe
on trains. But what can be done ?

Some ideas:

1. Ticket barriers at every station
2. Security guards / police patrols for stations and trains
3. A women-only carriage for late-night services.

Aren't (young-) men more at risk than women? I know there is a widely
held view that if an 18 year old female is attacked it is a serious
crime, but if an 18 year old male is attacked "he needs to learn to
look after himself", but in terms of actual violent assaults I'm sure
I've read that males are more at risk.

Segregating 153s could be tricky :-) You would also need some way of
enforcing the rule. Would people be willing to sit in the luggage
racks on packed-to-the-roof trains, when there was plenty of space in
an adjacent women-only coach?

4. CCTV on trains that actually works and is monitored.
5. Contracts with TOCs that have clauses about the condition of trains.

--
Arthur Figgis