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Potentially dangerous materials have always been carried by the railways and despite what the Mirror would have you believe it is still the safest way of transporting such things.
No matter which mode of transport is chosen to carry the military's ammunition it can never be made totally secure as it has to pass through public places. Even if the authorities ensured that these trains only ever stopped in totally fenced off compounds surrounded by armed guards this level of security would be useless as soon as the train was on the move again. Anyone determined enough could cause damage to one of these trains at any point on the network and not just where they stop to change crews etc.
I imagine that the review of security promised by EWS will include trying to find out if one of their staff gave the media inside information about the train. Surely, the Mirror knew too much about the trains route and timings to have worked it out for themselves?
If some degree of increased security is deemed necessary I can only imagine something along the lines of that offered to the Royal Train or even the onboard armed-guards that accompany military nuclear material. It all depends on how often these ammunition trains run as to whether it is economically viable.
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