Train Travel

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Train Travel News:

'Don't Book Easter Train Travel', Union Warns (SkyNews )
Union leader Bob Crow has warned passengers not to plan train travel over Easter, despite Network Rail's claim that it is well-prepared to cope with a potential mass strike.

Train passengers warned they may have to stand this weekend (Northern Echo)
TRAIN company Grand Central has warned passengers without seat reservations that they may have to stand on one of its services this weekend.

Travel chaos after man hit by train (Croydon Guardian)
Rail passengers faced delays and cancellation chaos after a man was hit by a train at Thornton Heath station.

New CCTV cameras fitted in bid to make train travel safer (York Press)
NEW CCTV cameras are to be fitted on trains ferrying passengers from York to London and Edinburgh as rail bosses beef up security measures.

Thieves help themselves to customer travel information points in Bristol (This is Bristol)
Customer Help Points have been stolen from stations on the Severn Beach railway line.

High-speed rail (BBC News)
Will we see a new great age of British train travel?

Rail Workers Back Strikes In Union Ballot (SkyNews )
The threat of Easter train travel disruption is looming after the RMT union said a ballot of Network Rail maintenance workers showed 77% supported strike action.

Take a walk on the wild side – of Wales (Independent)
Wales, in my experience, is a principality that lends itself to travel in an east-west direction: the main road and rail corridors slice from the English border to the Irish Sea, following the lines of least resistance. From the point of view of an outdoor challenge, then, it follows that a north-south journey is likely to be more challenging and, in the view of most hikers, more rewarding. But ...

Good news for train users (wigantoday.net)
Wigan commuter trains will soon be less of a strain at peak time The Government has announced extra carriages to reduce congestion and standing up on rush hour services between Wallgate and Manchester. (12/03/2010 11:13:59)

Luxury train (BBC News)
Do 'different types of people' really travel in first class?