 The CCTV cameras produce "high-quality" images |
CCTV cameras are being installed on North London Line trains in a �2.25m project to reduce vandalism and make passengers feel safer. The cameras are being tested for four weeks on Silverlink Metro trains.
They will monitor the inside of trains and the track ahead, taking "high-quality" images which Silverlink says will make it easy to identify vandals.
Route director Mark Steward said: "We are determined to get rid of graffiti and delays caused by vandalism."
It is the latest attempt to try to reduce crime on London's railways.
 |  Our trains must not only be safe, our passengers should feel safe  |
In 2002 South West Trains introduced patrols on services to Waterloo and last August DNA kits began to be used on the Tube to gather evidence on passengers who spit at staff. Silverlink says the new "vandal proof" system is the first to be fitted to trains already in use and is already successfully being used on railways in the Netherlands.
They will be fitted to trains between Clapham Junction and Willesden Junction, Watford Junction to Euston and Richmond to North Woolwich by the end of March.
"Our trains must not only be safe, our passengers should feel safe," said Mr Steward.
He added that he hoped the cameras would encourage more people to travel by train.
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