US EditionMan arrested after teenage girl raped in toilet on Thameslink train
GREATER LONDON, ENGLAND, JUL 19 – A 30-year-old suspect was arrested five days after the alleged attack on a 17-year-old girl on a southeast London train, police said.
- On July 19, 2025, at approximately 6:05am, a teenage female passenger was the victim of a sexual assault on the platform at Woolwich Arsenal railway station.
- After the assault, she and a 30-year-old man boarded a Thameslink train towards Abbey Wood at about 6:09am, with the rape occurring in a carriage toilet five minutes later.
- The man disembarked at Abbey Wood station, and the girl proceeded by herself to Slade Green station before reporting the matter to the police.
- On July 24, authorities detained a 30-year-old man on allegations of rape; he has since been granted bail while investigations continue.
- British Transport Police launched an investigation and are appealing for witnesses who saw the pair at Woolwich Arsenal station or on the train to contact them urgently.
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Police appealing for witnesses after man arrested for raping a 17-year-old girl in South London station
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was arrested for raping a 17-year-old girl in a carriage toilet on a train destined for Abbey Wood. At around 6am on Saturday, 19 July a 17-year-old girl was on the platform at Woolwich Arsenal railway station when she said she was sexually assaulted by a man. They boarded […]
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