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- Virgin Trains acting ‘like Gestapo’ in fare dodging crackdown [Subscription]Virgin Trains is known for its bright-red livery and tilting high-speed Pendolinos. Now it is gaining notoriety for something rather less charming — its “Gestapo-like” ticket inspectors.
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- Virgin Trains left red-faced after embarrassing spelling error on Edinburgh advert The company had advertised their train journeys from the Scottish capital to London but managed to spell Edinburgh wrong.
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- RMT demands immediate halt to DOO plans in light of hung ParliamentRail union RMT has called for an immediate halt to the implementation of driver-only operated (DOO) and driver-controlled operation (DCO) services on the network as a result of today’s hung Parliament announcement, which suggests the Tory policy may lose considerable support. Speaking...
- Greater Anglia reveals mock-up of new Stadler FLIRT trains Mock-ups of Greater Anglia’s new trains being built by Stadler have today been revealed by the operator. Just a day after Greater Anglia announced that its refurbished Class 321 rolling stock was ready to enter passenger service, it has now also unveiled mock-ups of its new fleet of...
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- RMT demands post-election rethink over DCO The RMT has demanded an immediate halt to the conversion of train services to driver-controlled operation, dubbing it �a political policy driven by the Tory Party�. Conservatives are now coming to terms with the fact that they lost their 17-seat majority in the General Election, and that a hung parliament lies ahead. Mick Cash of the RMT has taken the overnight results as his cue to call for a rethink of plans to introduce driver-controlled operation on Merseyrail and Northern. He will also be calling for a reassessment on Southern.
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