Cramped carriages and narrow toilets are not typical places to want to have sex, but dozens of couples get it on each year in British trains.
Almost one hundred couples were caught having sex on trains between January 2021 and December 2024, data obtained by Metro shows.
A handful of train lines were particular hotspots for train bonks in the past four years, with the surprising winner way out in front.
Of the 98 recorded incidents of sexual activity on a train, almost one in five (17) took place on Southeastern journeys.
Perhaps it is the train line’s scenic coastal views that get their customers in a mood, as Southeastern passes through Whitstable, Folkstone and Ramsgate, as well as Woolwich, Tunbridge Wells and Sidcup.
The British Transport Police data represents each time a crime for ‘Committing An Act Outraging Public Decency’ (or ‘Public Indecency’ in Scotland) on a train was recorded as a couple having consensual sexual activity.
Another strong favourite for these train sex acts is Southern Railway, which recorded 10 such incidents in the past four years.
Southern Railway also takes tourists and commuters to popular coastal destinations such as Brighton, Portsmouth and Eastbourne.
The numbers of train bonks has remained stable, between 20 and 30 a year, since 2021, despite the fact that the Covid-19 pandemic scaled back train usage.
From January 2024 to December 2024, there were 23 recorded consensual sexual incidents, less than 27 logged throughout 2023 but already higher than the 22 registered in 2022.
The sweaty, cramped and exposed London Underground was also used by couples for a quick bonk, with the Northern Line, Piccadilly Line and Elizabeth Line all featuring.
However it was the Metropolitan Line, taking Londoners from Amersham and Uxbridge to Aldgate, which was the most common place where couples were caught having sex, with three incidents recorded in the time frame.
1. Southeastern – 17
2. Southern – 10
3. Great Western Railway – 8
4. Thameslink – 7
5. Northern – 6
6. South Western Railway – 6
7. London North Eastern Railway – 5
8. East Midlands Railway – 4
9. West Midlands Railway – 4
10. Scotrail – 3
11. Avanti West Coast – 3
12. LU Metropolitan Line – 3
13. Chiltern Railways – 2
14. CrossCountry – 2
15. Elizabeth Line – 2
16. Greater Anglia – 2
17. London Overground – 2
18. LU District Line – 2
19. Transpennine Express – 2
20. LU Bakerloo Line – 1
21. Great Northern – 1
22. LU Central Line – 1
23. LU Hammersmith and City Line – 1
24. LU Northern Line – 1
25. LU Piccadilly Line – 1
26. Merseyrail – 1
27. Other – 1
Far less couples were caught in the act in the North, with Northern Rail coming in fifth place with six incidents.
Northern Rail goes through Newcastle, Sunderland and Middlesborough.
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