Network Rail and British Transport Police have released the results of a new survey which suggests that almost three out of five people don’t know that electrified railways can be lethal. A campaign has been launched today, as the spring and summer holidays approach. Lighter evenings are associated with a 20 per cent increase in trespassing.

All ScotRail fares have risen by 3.8 per cent today, but opposition politicans are speaking of ‘dismayed’ passengers and a ‘spiral of decline’. The increase is lower than the 4.6 per cent rises in England and Wales a month ago, but the Scottish increase covers all fares rather than just those which are regulated.