A MAN stared at a toddler and muttered perverted comments on a train.

The child's 23-year-old mum was so frightened she got off at the next stop.

The man is among a rogues gallery wanted for questioning over a series of allegations on the south's railways.

British Transport Police have released pictures of the men they want to question and two are from Hampshire.

Officers say the mum was forced to leave the train at Brockenhurst when a stranger sat opposite her and began intimidating her three-year-old on the train heading for Southampton.

Another wanted man kicked a 48-year-old conductor in the back when he told him he should not be travelling with a children's ticket. The attack took place on a train from Poole to London Waterloo and before the suspect got off at Totton station.

Detective Sergeant Sarah White, said: "Detectives investigating each of these cases have made enquiries, followed up numerous leads and circulated the images on police intelligence systems in a bid to identify these people, but to no avail so far.

"If you know them or think you might have information then we would like to hear from you."