NSW Police have arrested a 55-year-old woman over five alleged offences across Sydney trains and buses in the last month.
Officers from Police Transport Command have charged a woman following a range of alleged assaults between September 7 and September 25, in North Sydney, Bondi Junction, Edgecliff, Parramatta, Eastwood and Hornsby.
Around 12.35pm on September 7, a woman and her son were on the platform at Edgecliff Train Station, when they were approached by a woman who allegedly verbally abused and spat on them, police said.
Around the same time of day a week later, on September 14, a woman was at the Bondi Junction interchange when she was approached by another woman who allegedly spat and verbally abused her. The woman allegedly spat again, hitting another passenger.
On September 18, again just after noon, a man was walking on a pedestrian footbridge on Florence Street, Hornsby, when a woman approached him and allegedly spat in his face.
At quarter-past noon on September 23, a 29-year-old woman was waiting at a bus stop on Artarmon road, Willoughby when she was approached by another woman, who allegedly spat at her and hit her with a bag.
And at about 9.40am on Friday 25, a teenage girl was boarding a train at Parramatta Railway Station, heading towards Guildford, when a woman allegedly approached her and spat on her.
The teenager contacted police who attended the station and arrested the woman, who police have charged over all five offences.
She was taken to Merrylands Police Station where she was charged with six counts of common assault, and two counts of using offensive language. She appeared in court the following day.