Tighter security controls will be imposed at European railway stations, France’s Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has announced following a meeting in Paris with several European counterparts and transport ministers.<br /><br /> Ministers from the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland attended the meeting.<br /><br /> “Visual passenger identity checks will be reinforced, as well as random controls,” said Cazeneuve. “Official inspections of luggage will step up, both at stations and on board trains.”<br /><br /> He added that mixed patrols of law enforcement officers would be enhanced and deployed “more extensively.” The patrols, consisting of personnel of a range of nationalities, already exist in several countries<br /><br /> The delegates also discussed an idea initially proposed by the European Commission in 2007, and debated since 2011, which would see the creation of a ‘Passenger Name Record’ – or PNR – for European air travel. <br /><br /> If given the green light, passenger data woul
