Tajinder Sabherwal, 44, of High Street, Bedford, stared at the youngster while touching himself over his clothing on the St. Pancras to Peterborough service.
At St Albans Crown Court he was sentenced to two years and two months in prison after pleaded guilty to Outraging Public Decency.
He was also handed a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).
In 2021 Sabherwal received eighteen months imprisonment for exposing himself to women and touching himself inappropriately on multiple occasions at stations and on trains across London and Surrey.
His latest offence occurred on March 22, last year
The court heard how on 22 March last year, a mother and her young daughter were on the train when Sabherwal boarded the service and sat adjacent to them so that the child was in his line of sight.
The mother turned around and noticed Sabherwal was touching himself over his shorts while staring at her daughter.
She turned around again and made eye contact with Sabherwal who, on realising he had been caught in the act, left his seat and walked down the train.
The mother texted 61016, British Transport Police’s (BTP) text-to-report service, and officers boarded the service at Biggleswade, but Sabherwal had already left the train.
BTP detectives identified Sabherwal as the offender and he handed himself in at Luton police station before offering no comment to all questions put to him in police interview.
BTP Detective Constable Agata Barker said: “This was an extremely disturbing incident for the victim and her mother.
“Sabherwal stooped to a new low, committing this vile offence while staring at a young child.
“He is evidently a repeat offender and poses a serious danger to women and girls, so I am pleased to see him return to jail where he can’t target the public with his repulsive behaviour.”
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