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TfL offers bystander awareness training over abuse

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TfL is funding hundreds of the active bystander training sessions

Courses on how to react to harassment on the transport network are being offered by Transport for London (TfL) as part of their efforts to encourage people to be "active bystanders".

TfL said Londoners had told them they wanted to intervene safely when they see harassment, which can include cat-calling, cyber-flashing and inappropriate touching.

The three-hour training sessions will take place online in March and April and aim to "empower customers to act if they witness any form of harassment on the public transport network".

The transport authority has been running a series of poster campaigns for several years to encourage witnesses of sexual harassment to step in and "defuse" incidents.

Transport for London A blue poster saying "distract with a question" with questions like "what zone are we in