An investigation has been launched after a young person punched a train guard in the face at Pleasington train station.
The train guard was working a service between Preston and Blackburn.
They asked three teenagers to leave the station at Pleasington as they did not have a ticket and were refusing to buy any.
On the platform, one of the youths punched the guard in the face. One was detained and enquiries are ongoing.
A spokesperson for the British Transport Police said: “A train guard working a service between Preston and Blackburn asked three teenagers to leave the train at Pleasington as they had no tickets and were refusing to buy them.
“On the platform one of the youths punched the guard in the face. We detained one youth. Enquiries ongoing.”
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