Train vandals given public health warning as graffiti incidents reported

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A number of train graffiti incidents have been reported across the region. Credit: West Midlands Railway

A warning has been issued to train vandals that they could be risking public health following a number of graffiti incidents.

West Midlands Railway is running longer trains on many routes to enable passengers to practice social distancing.

However, following a spate of recent vandalism incidents at sites across the West Midlands, the operator is having to divert an increasing amount of resources to graffiti removal, with carriages taken out of action.

The most recent incident was discovered this morning (May 19th) when a carriage belonging to its sister company, London Northwestern Railway, was targeted in Coventry.

This follows a similar incident in Wolverhampton last week and a number of previous instances last month during lockdown.

Jonny Wiseman, customer experience director for West Midlands Railway, said:

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