Appeal after man found seriously injured on train - Cheshire

Police are investigating after a man was found seriously injured on a train in Cheshire.

At around midnight on Saturday (21 June) a train guard on a Shrewsbury to Crewe service came across a man who had boarded the train with head and facial injuries.

The 69-year-old man was escorted off the train at Crewe and was taken to hospital. He was found to have suffered a fractured skull and eye socket, a broken nose and facial injuries, and bruising to his chest and back.

While detectives are working to establish exactly how and where the man sustained his injuries, it is suspected he may have been assaulted.

Officers have completed a number of enquiries, including obtaining CCTV that shows the injured man on the platform just before he boarded the train at Nantwich, where he had been for an evening out.

Police believe a number of people boarded at the same time and briefly spoke to the man. They are asking those people, or anyone who saw the injured man at Nantwich railway station at around midnight, or beforehand, to make contact.

Anyone who has information regarding the incident is asked to contact BTP by texting 61016 or by calling 0800 40 50 40, quoting reference 216 of 22 June 2025.

Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.