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Rail station uses metal detectors

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    A railway station in Birmingham has become the first outside London to install airport-style metal detectors.

    The scanners have been introduced at New Street station in a bid to prevent people carrying knives onto trains. A similar scheme in London has been so successful it has been extended. Almost 10,000 people were scanned in two months and 50 knives were seized.

    Det Ch Insp Kevin Shanahan, from British Transport Police, said he hoped the detectors would improve safety.

    "We are trying to promote a weapons free rail environment and we feel this particular aspect of law enforcement will take us some way to achieve that ultimate objective," he said.

    Police will use the detectors to randomly search rail passengers.

    The government has previously said full airport-style security is impossible at UK stations because of the huge numbers of people using them every day.

    The machines, developed by a US company, can detect hidden weapons and explosives.

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