A gang of 20 youths hurled bricks at trains and on to railway lines around Wimbledon station in the worst of a concerning number of crimes committed on Merton’s railways last year.
Network Rail revealed details of the incident in December as an example of the problems blighting the UK’s rail network and costing £264m a year. There were eight incidents of people recklessly trespassing on railway lines near Wimbledon station and 10 on the tracks around Raynes Park Station in 2008.
16:19, 15 Apr 2009
by Matthew Rees