‘Put up bollards to deter terror’

BOLLARDS, benches and walls should be used at all bus and railway stations to protect travellers against terror attacks, ministers have said.

Such obstacles are ‘ key front-line measures’ in preventing a ‘vehicle being used as a weapon to target pedestrians’, according to the Department of Transport.

The guidance for councils and transport officials was published in the wake of a series of vehicle terror attacks which, in this country, included London’s Westminster Bridge and Borough Market.

The DfT urged councils to assess what ‘clutter’ they ‘can do without’ outside stations, including bins which can be used to conceal explosive devices.

But it stressed they should not remove anything that could prevent a terrorist targeting pedestrians.

Following the Westminster Bridge attack, in which five people were killed, councils and Transport for London have been installing more concrete barriers and bollards on bridges to protect pedestrians.