Armed police will be deployed on London Underground trains for the first time on New Year’s Eve following the Berlin terror attack.
The armed officers been brought in to back up the 3,000 officers who will police the capital’s streets.
TFL reported to Sky News that armed British Transport Police officers will be seen on Tube trains from New Year’s Eve onwards.
Plans for the Transport Police to have their own armed division were announced in 2011 but it was only in October that the force said it wants its uniformed marksmen to travel on the Tube.
Concrete barriers have also been positioned around the main routes into London to guard against the possibility of a vehicle terror attack.
Superintendent Phil Langworthy, from the Metropolitan Police, said: “Clearly we have been looking at what has happened around the world in terms of Berlin, Nice etc … and have adjusted our plans and continue to adjust our plans.
“We police around 3,500 large events every year, including New Year’s Eve, and we meticulously plan those events.
“We have a very extensive planning period – we plan for many months.”
