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== Security ==
{{Main|British Transport Police}}
Policing on (and within) the network was carried out British Transport Police (BTP). In 1947 the Transport Act created the [[British Transport Commission]] (BTC), which unified the railway system. On 1 January 1949, the '''British Transport Commission Police''' (BTCP) were created, formed from the four old railway police forces, the [[London Passenger Transport Board|London Transport]] Police, canal police and several minor dock forces. In 1957 the Maxwell-Johnson enquiry found that policing requirements for the railway could not be met by civil forces and that it was essential that a specialist police force be retained. On 1 January 1962, the British Transport Commission Police ceased to cover [[British Waterways]] property<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.btp.police.uk/History%20Society/Publications/History%20Society/Constituent%20Force/Canal%20Forces/Sharpness%20Dock%20Police%20%20(1874%201948).htm |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040614073125/http://www.btp.police.uk/History%20Society/Publications/History%20Society/Constituent%20Force/Canal%20Forces/Sharpness%20Dock%20Police%20%20%281874%201948%29.htm |url-status = dead |archive-date = 14 June 2004 |title = Sharpness Dock Police (1874–1948) |website = British Transport Police }}</ref> and exactly a year later when the BTC was abolished the name of the force was amended to the British Transport Police. This name and its role within policing on the rail network was continued post-1994.