£1,000 reward after person shoots at Northern train with 'air gun'

'It beggars belief that anyone thinks it’s ‘fun’ to target a train in this way'

Rail bosses are offering a £1,000 reward for information after a train was shot at with an 'air gun.' A pellet was fired at a Northern train in West Yorkshire last Monday .

Northern chiefs said broken glass at high speed can be 'very dangerous' and that it was 'fortunate' no one was injured. An investigation is now being carried out by British Transport Police .The firm are now offering a £1,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of the person police believe is responsible. The attack is one of 69 incidents where Northern services in the North of England have been struck by objects in the past year.

The latest came just days after Northern featured on BBC One’s Frontline Fightback programme, highlighting the case of a driver whose train cab window was hit by a brick in 2022.

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