Airport-style metal detectors have been introduced to train stations in Sussex as part of a crackdown on passengers carrying weapons.
British Transport Police used hand-held detectors and portable walk through arches at Worthing Station today.
The portable detectors are going to be used at three other stations in Sussex this month.
Inspector Gary Ancell, pictured with blades police have previously taken from passengers on Sussex trains, said: "Unfortunately there is a knife culture in society and that means police have to use measures such as this to reduce the number of knives on the streets and on the railways."
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