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Attacks on rail staff are rocketing as employees bear the brunt of growing passenger frustration.
The number of assaults, threats and insults staff received across the network numbered more than 3,000 last year - an increase of 24 per cent over the previous year.
The figures, compiled by the Rail Safety and Standards Board, show that of the 3,090 attacks last year, 1,989 were physical - up from 1,772 - and 883 verbal.
Bob Crow, general secretary of the RMT union said: "Rail employers are failing to take adequate steps to protect staff, especially when it might cost them money."
