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TfL Launches Live Tube Facial-Recognition at Victoria Station

8/11/2026

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TfL will start live facial-recognition scanning at Tube stations on Tuesday.
BTP will run the system to flag passengers on a watchlist of high-harm offenders.
The rollout at Victoria station expands a trial that scanned 530,000 faces at 18 stations, yielding no true matches, no arrests and one false identification.
TfL security director Siwan Hayward said the technology could help police quickly identify suspects and prevent sexual offences.

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TfL will start live facial-recognition scanning at Tube stations on Tuesday.
BTP will run the system to flag passengers on a watchlist of high-harm offenders.
The rollout at Victoria station expands a trial that scanned 530,000 faces at 18 stations, yielding no true matches, no arrests and one false identification.
TfL security director Siwan Hayward said the technology could help police quickly identify suspects and prevent sexual offences.