British Transport Police: Railway Stations

(asked on 9th July 2026) - View Source
Questioner
Jerome Mayhew Portrait
Jerome Mayhew
(Conservative - Broadland and Fakenham)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British Transport Police officers were assigned to policing major rail interchange stations in each of the last five years; and if she will list the stations included in those figures.

Answered by
Keir Mather Portrait
Keir Mather
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 15th July 2026

British Transport Police have reported the following average full time equivalent number of police officers assigned to major rail interchange stations in each year:

2022/23: 689.8

2023/24: 743.3

2024/25: 661.8

2025/26: 623.3

2026/27: 646.3

The stations included are:

  • Birmingham New Street
  • Bristol Temple Meads
  • Edinburgh Waverley
  • Glasgow Central
  • Guildford
  • Leeds City
  • Liverpool Lime Street
  • Manchester Piccadilly
  • Reading
  • London Bridge
  • London Cannon Street
  • London Charing Cross
  • Clapham Junction
  • London Euston
  • London King’s Cross
  • London Liverpool Street
  • London Paddington
  • London St Pancras International
  • London Victoria
  • London Waterloo

The increase in average full-time officers at major rail interchange stations to 743.3 in 2023/24 was due to officers being moved to alternative BTP locations, including offices at railway stations, whilst the BTP's London headquarters was relocated.

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