Rail companies add services so people can travel with confidence as Britain steps out of lockdown
- As part of the rail industry’s safer travel pledge to ensure people can travel with confidence, rail companies are increasing services to almost 18,000 each weekday by 12th April, an increase of over 1,000 since February.
- The increases come as passengers prepare to return to retail and leisure. To get the network ready, rail companies have boosted cleaning and are protecting rail staff with the introduction of lateral flow testing in March.
- Measures come in addition to ventilation systems fitted on most trains, which refresh air in the carriage every ten minutes.
Train operators to extend lifesaving travel scheme
- Extension expected to help hundreds more domestic abuse survivors to reach safe refuge
- Figures show 1,348 people have used the lifesaving scheme, equal to four survivors a day
- Scheme was introduced by all train operators during first lockdown, having been pioneered by Southeastern in 2019
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Rail companies add services so people can travel with confidence as Britain steps out of lockdown
- As part of the rail industry’s safer travel pledge to ensure people can travel with confidence, rail companies are increasing services to almost 18,000 each weekday by 12th April, an increase of over 1,000 since February.
- The increases come as passengers prepare to return to retail and leisure. To get the network ready, rail companies have boosted cleaning and are protecting rail staff with the introduction of lateral flow testing in March.
- Measures come in addition to ventilation systems fitted on most trains, which refresh air in the carriage every ten minutes.
Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cornwall, meets pioneers of lifesaving train travel scheme
This morning, at Victoria Station, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall met the people who pioneered the lifesaving ‘Rail to Refuge’ scheme, which enables survivors fleeing domestic abuse to access free train travel to a safe refuge. The meeting follows The Duchess’ public support for the scheme’s extension last week.