Police have launched an investigation following reports of transphobic and sectarian chants on a train.

The incident happened on Sunday, November 12 on board the 9.45am service from London Euston to Glasgow Central.

A group of five boarded the train at Preston at around 12.50pm and started the chants.

A statement from British Transport Police said: “A group of four men and one woman boarded the service at Preston station at 12.50pm and began singing sectarian and transphobic songs, which included degrading remarks about transgender people, throughout the journey.

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“Officers would now like to speak to anyone who was travelling on the service and witnessed what happened and what was said by the group.”