A campaign to make railway stations in North Wales safer has been launched by the Daily Post.

The newspaper is calling for an end to dangerous and vandalised stations, and instead is demanding safe platforms with adequate supervision, lighting and policing.

The Post launched its campaign after it reported the story of have-a-go hero Gareth Jones who was left for dead by teenage yobs at Prestatyn station.

The teenagers smashed the 41-year-old over the head with a rock and a timetable board which had been ripped from a wall, after he told them to stop vandalising the station.

Now the paper is calling for safety improvements to be made to North Wales stations to allow passengers to travel without fear.

In a comment piece, the newspaper said: "We want to see, where appropriate, flood lighting, working CCTV cameras, screens or public address systems to keep passengers informed day and night of delays or cancellations, emergency (and working) telephones and/or panic alarms, adequate police patrols, comfortable shelters and increased staffing and standards of cleanliness.

"We want to see vagrancy, drunkenness, begging and hooliganism targeted and discouraged or penalised, graffiti and litter removed on a regular basis, and all areas made visible at all times.

"It is a disgrace that railway stations should have been allowed to become places where fear and danger stalk the shadows, and it is high time that railway operators were reminded that they have a duty of care towards their customers' health and safety."

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