Train passengers to be stopped boarding without seat reservations to keep social distancing
London and North Eastern Railway says passengers will not be allowed to board without a reservation from MondayCredit: PA:Press Association
A spokesman said: "To support social distancing for customers who do need to travel with us at this time, all LNER services will be reservation only from Monday 18 May 2020." To support social distancing for customers who do need to travel with us at this time, all LNER services will be reservation only from Monday 18 May 2020.Avanti West Coast, which operates Anglo-Scottish services on the West Coast Main Line, has said the capacity of its trains will be cut to around a quarter of normal levels.
It comes as a number of train services plan to ramp up their train time tables from Monday - bringing them from around 50% of the normal timetable to 70%.
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