PARENTS have been told to keep their children in check after the second stone-throwing attack on a train in a week.
A train from Blackpool South to Colne had to be taken out of service after it was attacked between Burnley Central station and Brierfield on Thursday.
On Tuesday a train driver suffered a broken bone in his face after his train was stoned in Carleton, near Blackpool. It also came after youths sat on railway lines outside Cherry Tree station, Blackburn, and refused to move when a train approached.
A spokesman for British Transport Police said: "Usually it is youths that indulge in this type of thing.
"So we would appeal to parents to emphasize the safety message as they are putting their own safety at risk and that of rail passengers and rail workers."
Anyone with information about the incidents should call British Transport Police on 0800 405040.
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