Passengers face £100 fines for blasting phone music on buses, but a minister admits there will be no 'bus police'

Transport for London has issued just four fines for loud music on its network in five years, despite powers to fine up to £1,000. Science minister Chris McDonald told Times Radio: 'We're not going to create a special bus police.' Enforcement will fall to 'transport safety officers' or already stretched police. Prime Minister Andy Burnham promoted the crackdown in a clip filmed on a train.

The nationwide campaign, launched on Monday, urges passengers to 'share the journey, not the noise'.

Vaping and littering on buses and trains are also targeted, with fines rising to £1,000.

Assaults on rail passengers rose 36 per cent to 13,464, the highest since records began in 2004.