TWO trains were stoned by rail vandals despite a concerted police campaign to stamp out the menace.

The trains, attacked by youngsters at the Bolton Road junction, Blackburn, and near the Colne viaduct, were the latest to be stoned in a series of dangerous incidents.

Transport police urged parents to warn their children against throwing missiles at trains.

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