Fight on train from Sheffield to Huddersfield leads to appeal to find seven people

Police are asking for help to find seven people following a fight on board a train as it pulled into a station in Barnsley.

The altercation took place on Saturday, November 11, on the 7.35pm service from Sheffield to Huddersfield, just as the train was coming into Elsecar station in Barnsley at around 8pm.

Two men started shouting derogatory comments towards a woman who was with a group of people.

The woman, accompanied by another woman, confronted the men and the argument became physical with pushing and grabbing taking place.

As the train stopped and the doors opened a guard at the station intervened and broke up the altercation.  The men continued to shout at the woman and it was reported she assaulted one of them.

The two women removed themselves from the situation, but the two men, still onboard the train, started to argue with a man from the same group and the argument once again turned physical with the men assaulting each other.

Now, detectives are appealing for the public’s help in identifying the individuals in the CCTV images as they believe they may be able to help with their investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to contact BTP by texting 61016, or by calling 0800 40 50 40, quoting reference 2300134662.  Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.