Railway Safety Act 2005

Attempting to obstruct, damage or derail a train, etc.

119.—A person who, without lawful authority, deliberately or maliciously—

(a) puts, places, casts or throws upon any railway property or across any railway track any wood, stone, vehicle or other matter or thing,

(b) takes up, removes or displaces any rail, sleeper, or other matter or thing belonging to a railway undertaking, or

(c) turns, moves or diverts any points, signals or other plant or machinery belonging to a railway undertaking,

to obstruct, damage or derail a train or to injure persons present on, using or working on railway property is guilty of an offence.