Written Question: Trespass on the Railway

Lord Moylan: To ask His Majesty's Government how many rail trespass incidents have occurred in each month since January 2024; and whether they have assessed the financial impact of those incidents for (1) 2024, (2) 2025, and (3) 2026. (

Minister of State, Department for Transport (Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, CBE):

The number of rail trespass incidents is presented in the following table:

Rail Period	Start Date	End Date	Incidents
2023/24_P10	10 December 2023	06 January 2024	668
2023/24_P11	07 January 2024	03 February 2024	771
2023/24_P12	04 February 2024	02 March 2024	902
2023/24_P13	03 March 2024	31 March 2024	1030
2024/25_P01	01 April 2024	27 April 2024	1040
2024/25_P02	28 April 2024	25 May 2024	1212
2024/25_P03	26 May 2024	22 June 2024	1247
2024/25_P04	23 June 2024	20 July 2024	1285
2024/25_P05	21 July 2024	17 August 2024	1272
2024/25_P06	18 August 2024	14 September 2024	1163
2024/25_P07	15 September 2024	12 October 2024	1022
2024/25_P08	13 October 2024	09 November 2024	984
2024/25_P09	10 November 2024	07 December 2024	780
2024/25_P10	08 December 2024	04 January 2025	701
2024/25_P11	05 January 2025	01 February 2025	784
2024/25_P12	02 February 2025	01 March 2025	905
2024/25_P13	02 March 2025	31 March 2025	1216
2025/26_P01	01 April 2025	26 April 2025	1240
2025/26_P02	27 April 2025	24 May 2025	1243
2025/26_P03	25 May 2025	21 June 2025	1279
2025/26_P04	22 June 2025	19 July 2025	1318
2025/26_P05	20 July 2025	16 August 2025	1221
2025/26_P06	17 August 2025	13 September 2025	1125
2025/26_P07	14 September 2025	11 October 2025	1067
2025/26_P08	12 October 2025	08 November 2025	969
2025/26_P09	09 November 2025	06 December 2025	740
2025/26_P10	07 December 2025	03 January 2026	735
2025/26_P11	04 January 2026	31 January 2026	743
2025/26_P12	01 February 2026	28 February 2026	925
2025/26_P13	01 March 2026	31 March 2026	1316

The above information has been provided by Network Rail. Information is collated by rail periods (as shown) rather than on a monthly basis.

Network Rail estimates the long-term revenue loss due to those incidents. Network Rail does not hold direct cost information (in terms of Delay Repay costs, damage repair, etc) relating to an incident.