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== Jurisdiction ==
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[[File:London Police Dogs.jpg|thumb|BTP officers patrolling with dogs at [[London Waterloo railway station|Waterloo station]]]]
As well as having jurisdiction across the [[Rail transport in Great Britain|national rail network]], the BTP is also responsible for policing:
*[[London Underground]]
*[[Docklands Light Railway]]
*[[Tramlink|London Trams]]
*[[London Cable Car]]
*[[Glasgow Subway]]
*[[Tyne and Wear Metro]] (Sunderland branch)<ref name = npcc >{{cite web | url = https://northumbria-pcc.gov.uk/kim-mcguinness-announces-metro-to-get-security-teams-on-the-majority-of-evening-train-services/ | date = 19 May 2023 | title = Kim McGuinness announces Metro to get security teams on the majority of evening train services | publisher = Northumbria Police & Crime Commissioner | access-date = 5 June 2023}}</ref>
*[[West Midlands Metro]]

This amounts to around {{convert|10000|mi}} of track and more than 3,000 railway stations and depots. There are more than one billion passenger journeys annually on the main lines alone.<ref name="Transport Statistics Great Britain: 2021">{{cite web |title=Transport Statistics Great Britain: 2021 |url=https://app.clickup.com/t/1zqf57r |website=gov.uk |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>

In addition, BTP, in conjunction with the [[National Police (France)|French National Police]] (under the Border Police unit) – {{lang|fr|[[Direction centrale de la police aux frontières|Police aux Frontières]]}} – police the international services operated by [[Eurostar]].<ref>
{{cite web |title=BTP site "About Us"|url=http://www.btp.police.uk/about.htm|access-date=17 July 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071215160459/http://www.btp.police.uk/about.htm |archive-date = 15 December 2007}}
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BTP is not responsible for policing the majority of the [[Tyne and Wear Metro]], which is instead policed by [[Northumbria Police]]'s Metro Unit,<ref name = npcc /> nor the entirety of the [[Manchester Metrolink]] (policed by [[Greater Manchester Police]]). BTP also does not police [[List of British heritage and private railways|heritage railway]]s.

A BTP constable can act as a police constable outside their normal railway jurisdiction as described in the "[[#Powers and status of officers|Powers and status of officers]]" section.

===Previous jurisdiction===
BTP constables previously had jurisdiction at docks, ports, harbours and inland waterways, as well at some bus stations and [[British Transport Hotels]]. These roles fell away in 1985 with privatisation. The legislation was amended to reflect this in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |title= Transport Police (Jurisdiction) Act 1994 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/8/introduction/enacted|access-date=31 August 2020}}</ref>