Details of train surfers found riding on your trains.

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Dear Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company,

I am looking for a list of all reported instances of train surfers (people riding on the outsides of trains such as on the roof or hanging on to the back) on your trains.

On the list please include the following:

• The date of the incident (and the time too if you also hold this).

• The location of the incident (either the station or location that they were seen or the stations or locations that they rode between).

• The class or stock of train that they surfed.

• Whether or not you reported them to the police for prosecution.

Preferably i would like this information for the period of the past ten years but if that is not possible (like if you do not hold information from that long ago or it would be too expensive or time consuming to obtain) than just provide me with information as fat back as you are able to go.

Yours faithfully,

Peter Marshall

FOI, Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company

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Dear Mr Marshall,

 

Thank you for your email of 16 July 2022. We acknowledge receipt of this
email under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“The Act”).

 

You have requested the following information, for reported instances of
train surfers on Translink trains, for the last 10 years:

 

• The date of the incident (and the time too if you also hold this).
• The location of the incident (either the station or location that they
were seen or the stations or locations that they rode between).
• The class or stock of train that they surfed.
• Whether or not you reported them to the police for prosecution.

 

Please be advised, the Act allows us up to 20 working days (excluding any
UK statutory holidays) to process a valid request for information. We may,
however, need to contact you if we require any clarifications on your
request. If no clarifications are required, you should expect to receive a
response on or before 12 August 2022.

 

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

 

Regards,

 

FOI Team - Translink

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Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company

Dear Mr Marshall,

 

We refer to your Freedom of Information request below and must advise
there will be a delay to our response to your request for information.

 

We must therefore respectfully request an extension until 26 August 2022
in order to consider the applicability of exemptions. If we can respond
before this date, we will endeavour to do so. 

 

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused. 

 

Kind regards 

 

FOI/DPA Team 

Translink 

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From: Peter Marshall <[FOI #879159 email]>
Sent: 16 July 2022 02:35
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Details of train surfers found
riding on your trains.
 
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Dear Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company,

I am looking for a list of all reported instances of train surfers (people
riding on the outsides of trains such as on the roof or hanging on to the
back) on your trains.

On the list please include the following:

• The date of the incident (and the time too if you also hold this).

• The location of the incident (either the station or location that they
were seen or the stations or locations that they rode between).

• The class or stock of train that they surfed.

• Whether or not you reported them to the police for prosecution.

Preferably i would like this information for the period of the past ten
years but if that is not possible (like if you do not hold information
from that long ago or it would be too expensive or time consuming to
obtain) than just provide me with information as fat back as you are able
to go.

Yours faithfully,

Peter Marshall

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Dear Mr Marshall,

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000- (Our Reference: FOI1218)

 

Further to your Freedom of Information request of 16 July 2022, Translink
responds as follows.

 

You have requested the following information in relation to the reported
instances of Translink “train surfers”:

 

• The date of the incident (and the time too if you also hold this).
• The location of the incident (either the station or location that they
were seen or the stations or locations that they rode between).
• The class or stock of train that they surfed.
• Whether or not you reported them to the police for prosecution.

 

“Preferably I would like this information for the period of the past ten
years but if that is not possible (like if you do not hold information
from that long ago or it would be too expensive or time consuming to
obtain) than just provide me with information as far back as you are able
to go”.

 

Response

 

As required by section 1(1)(a) Freedom of Information Act (the “Act”), we
can confirm that after some investigations Translink does not hold the
information requested in relation to “train surfers” or instances of
individuals on the roof or hanging on to the back of trains.

 

Review Procedure

 

If you are not satisfied with this response you may request a review by
writing to the Translink General Counsel and Company Secretary, who has
overall responsibility for Freedom of Information and Data Protection
issues within this organisation. Correspondence should be addressed to the
above-mentioned at: Translink, 22 Great Victoria Street, Belfast BT2 7LX
or by email to [1][NITHCo / Translink request email].

 

If having exhausted the review process you are not content that your
request or review has been dealt with correctly, you have a further right
of appeal to the Information Commissioner who will make an independent
judgement. The address of the Information Commissioner is: Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The address of the Information
Commissioner’s Office for Northern Ireland is: 3rd floor, 14 Cromac Place,
Gasworks, Belfast, BT7 2JB.

Yours sincerely,

 

FOI Team - Translink

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