A woman was assaulted and racially vilified on an outbound train travelling on the Upfield line last week.
The female passenger was subjected to a torrent of abuse by another female passenger based on the victim’s ethnicity.
After verbally abusing her, the women grabbed the victims’s hair and bashed her head against railing a number of times.
Senior Constable Potter from the Transit Crime Investigation Unit said the victim was then pushed off the train when it stopped at Batman train station.
Two men got off the train after the woman was pushed out and spoke to her.
Senior Constable Potter said the victim was emotionally distraught.
“We’re reviewing closed-circuit figures to try and investigate this further. We’d really like to know exactly what was said and want the two men to come forward.”
He refused to comment on the ethnic background of the woman, or what was said to her.
The victim originally alighted the train at Flinders Street train station but it’s not yet known where she intended to get off.
Police said there were a number of passengers on the train at the time of the incident and are calling for witnesses to come forward.
Senior Constable Potter said Batman train station did not yet have PSOs but they were expected to be deployed soon.
