"We have thousands of railway stations across the UK, and those stations have multiple entrances, multiple platforms. What we can't do is make life impossible for everyone, but we do need to take sensible and proportionate steps to make the public transport network safe. A review of train security measures could provide other answers, Alexander said, citing the example of the 2017 London Bridge terrorist attack, in which a van was driven at pedestrians, and after which vehicle blockers were put in place for pavements on several bridges in the capital."
"I don't think airport-style scanners would be the way to go, Alexander said. I understand why you asked the question, and I understand why some of your viewers might be wondering about that. Heidi Alexander said the UK needed to take sensible and proportionate steps to make the public transport network safe'."
"She said: Our trains are some of the most safest forms of public transport anywhere in the world. For every 1 million passenger journeys that are made, there are 27 crimes."
A member of train staff who intervened to protect passengers on a high-speed service approaching Huntingdon remained critically ill in hospital but was reported as now stable. The transport secretary said airport-style metal-detector scanners or arches at stations would be impractical because thousands of stations have multiple entrances and platforms, and scanners would make life impossible for passengers. The government will review train security and examine other options, and British Transport Police will deploy visible patrols at stations for the next few days. Trains were described as a low-crime transport mode, with 27 crimes per million passenger journeys. A 32-year-old British national from Peterborough is being questioned after 10 people were injured on the 6.25pm Peterborough-London service.
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