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Will there be social distancing on trains, after the pandemic? [BBC News]

Date: 24/04/2020

If the number of new cases of coronavirus drop off as hoped, the Government will probably begin to lift elements of the lockdown within weeks.
Plans are already being made on how an uptick in passenger numbers on the railways, possibly in mid-May, can be managed in the wake of a pandemic.
Senior figures within the industry have told the BBC that ministers want some form of social distancing to persist.
But discussions are ongoing to try and work out what might be possible.

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Plans are already being made for how an uptick in passenger numbers on the railways can be managed.

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