Vaping among Northern reveal worst train passenger habits

Their biggest bugbears range in scale from simple bad manners and those showing no consideration for other passengers to dangerous behaviour and criminal acts.

Worst passenger habits include:

• People putting their feet, bags and pets on seats – feet and bags are an ‘old-school’ problem that prevent others from being able to sit down, but more recently, people encouraging their dogs (in particular) onto seats presents a hygiene problem and/or worse for people with severe allergies

• Playing music through loudspeakers instead of using headphones – not everyone shares your taste in music

• Vaping on-board – just like cigarettes, this is not allowed on-board trains in England and hasn't been since 2014

Bradford Interchange train station (Image: Newsquest)

• People who leave their rubbish behind – Northern employs 500 train presentation officers but putting your rubbish in the bins provided will allow them to focus on the tougher elements of train cleanliness

• People sitting in priority seats that don’t give way to fellow passengers who are more in-need – not all disabilities are visible, please be considerate of others

• Making contact with the train (knocking on windows etc) as it’s about to depart - this represents a serious safety risk, particularly if the person is under the influence of alcohol

Bradford Forster Square train station (Image: Newsquest)

• People not giving way to passengers getting off the train before trying to board – this is a simple action that will make the process easier and quicker for all

• Fare evading – conductors and revenue officers have seen it all before (and heard every excuse); passengers have a duty to buy a ticket before they travel.

The list has been released to coincide with Employee Appreciation Day (Friday, 3 March).