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Network Rail scraps toilet charges at UK's busiest train stations
Toilets at Liverpool Street, Kings Cross and Edinburgh Waverley will be free to use
Nearly 50,000 Northern and TransPennine passengers had compensation claims rejected in just seven months
NEARLY 50,000 passengers on two of the region's main rail operators had their claims for compensation for delayed or cancelled trains rejected in under seven months, new figures show.
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- Network Rail scraps toilet charges at UK's busiest train stationsToilets at Liverpool Street, Kings Cross and Edinburgh Waverley will be free to use
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- Passengers relieved of fee to visit station loos [Subscription]It’s always been seen as an expensive way to spend a penny (or 50). Now Network Rail has succumbed to public pressure by scrapping loathed charges to use the loo in railway stations.
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City AM
- Bursting with relief: Network Rail scraps toilet charges at three of Britain's busiest stationsPassengers will be bursting with relief at the news that three of Britain's busiest stations will have their toilet charges removed from today.
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Yorkshire Post
- Nearly 50,000 Northern and TransPennine passengers had compensation claims rejected in just seven months NEARLY 50,000 passengers on two of the region's main rail operators had their claims for compensation for delayed or cancelled trains rejected in under seven months, new figures show.
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