Train SHORTAGES leave commuters in 1970s carriages

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RAIL passengers face chaos after the late delivery of new rolling stock alongside the withdrawal of older locomotives has left operators short of trains. About 450 new trains – almost 2,000 carriages – are behind schedule, forcing operators to use stock up to 54 years old.

Hundreds of existing trains do not meet rules on disabled access coming into force next January so must be modified.

 

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Brill bring back the good old slam door trains too lol ...great memories of them round London

Brill, they can drink smoke, put their feet up , say what they want, and vote labour 👍👍

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