Transport for London (TfL) must ensure stations are staffed properly with an increased presence of police officers across the network in London in order to curb record levels of assaults, a major union has said.
There were 10,493 reports of work-related violence and aggression towards transport workers in the capital in 2023/24 – an average of 200 incidents a week – according to the latest data from the London Assembly. This includes a 35 per cent increase in incidents against rail staff and 18.5 per cent against bus drivers since 2021.
