Guidance

Bus and coach security: best practice

How operators can improve or maintain security to reduce violence on buses and coaches, or at stations and depots.

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Recommended security best practice to reduce the risk of:

  • acts of violence
  • terrorism

The guidance includes best practice on:

  • building and embedding a security culture
  • personnel security
  • stations, termini and depots security
  • vehicle security

The guidance is for bus and coach:

  • operators
  • station and depot owners and managers

This guidance replaces the replaces the second edition released in July 2012.

Guidance on security measures to prevent commercial vehicles, including vans, lorries, buses, coaches and cranes, from being used as weapons in acts of terrorism and serious and organised crime is also available.

Published 9 August 2012
Last updated 30 July 2018 + show all updates
  1. Third version of the 'Bus and coach security recommended best practice' released.

  2. First published.