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  1. Vandals put gas cannisters on railway tracks (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    British Rail spokesman Maurice Holmes describes how vandals are placing gas canisters on railway tracks and how, if hit by a train, this could result in an explosion. Holmes says the British Transport Police...

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  2. Police presence on late-night commuter trains (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Vox pop

    Oni Bhattacharya reports on the unusually visible police presence on late-night trains in the South East; Sergeant John McKelvie explains why there is currently high-profile policing on the trains, and who...

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  3. Railway crime pledge by Cecil Parkinson (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Margaret Shiels reports on a speech by Transport Secretary, Cecil Parkinson at the opening of the new headquarters of British Transport Police (BTP) near Victoria Station in London, where he pledged to...

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  4. Operation Piper preventing child prostitution (1992)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Special; Vox pop

    Vice officers from Westminster’s Juvenile Protection Unit, Street Offences Squad and British Transport Police are searching the West End of London for at risk children in Operation Piper, intended to curb...

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  5. Drink-drive BR man jailed (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    A British Rail driver who crashed his passenger train whilst under the influence of alcohol has been jailed for 9 months at the Old Bailey. 41 year-old Stephen Peckham, from Carmichael Road, South Norwood,...

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