Date: 02/01/2014

Train firms are to be paid millions by the Government to convert first class carriages for use by standard ticket holders to ease overcrowding. First class carriages could become a rarity as a result of the move designed to placate passengers angry at being packed into increasingly congested standard class carriages on busy routes. [From Richard Buckby]

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First class carriages will become a rarity as a result of the move designed to placate passengers angry at being packed into congested standard class carriages.

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