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Photos have been released showing the modern interiors that will be fitted in Eurostar trains as part of a fleet transformation.
Sunday, 12 February 2017
The Guardian
- Blue Train reveries: the Paris-to-Nice sleeperThe Gare de Lyon is the most beautiful Parisian station: the faded green paint of its ironwork and the palm trees on the concourse suggest an aristocratic conservatory
Times Online
- Next arrival on the HS2 line: a brand new city [Subscription]With its bleak industrial landscape of crisscrossing rail tracks and long lines of parked freight trains, Toton Sidings is unlikely to win a “Beautiful Britain” contest.
This is Money
- I was told I'd get a refund for my first class ticket when there was no food available, but all Virgin sent was £5 Over Christmas I travelled to London from Manchester with Virgin trains to visit my family and decided to pay for a first class ticket as I was travelling with my baby son.
Derby Telegraph
- Is it now ‘full steam ahead’ for HS2 in Derbyshire?If all goes to plan, the biggest infrastructure project in Western Europe will be coming to Derbyshire within six years.
London Evening Standard
- Photos show new interiors of old Eurostar fleet - complete with W-Fi and on-board entertainmentPhotos have been released showing the modern interiors that will be fitted in Eurostar trains as part of a fleet transformation.
- Piccadilly line delays: Holiday-goers' journeys to Heathrow thrown into chaos due to signalling failureHoliday-goers trying to get to Heathrow have had their journeys thrown into chaos due to severe delays on the Piccadilly line.
Manchester Evening News
- Hundreds of passengers - including fans heading to Drake concert - suffer delays after rail chaos Travellers took to Twitter to vent their frustration after a number of services were cancelled or held up
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- Greater South East bodies join forces to push transport bidsCouncils across the ‘Greater South East’ are working together to lobby for strategic transport schemes and considering a joint infrastructure funding bid for this year’s Autumn Budget.
- Greater South East bodies join forces to push transport bidsCouncils across the ‘Greater South East’ are working together to lobby for strategic transport schemes and considering a joint infrastructure funding bid for this year’s Autumn Budget.
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