Queen mourners with no way home allowed to sleep in welfare trains - but locations kept secret

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Queen mourners with no way home allowed to sleep in welfare trains - but locations kept secret
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Members of the public left stranded in London overnight after visiting the Queen’s coffin are being allowed to sleep in empty trains in the capital. 🔴 Vacant carriages are being kept open at certain stations for passengers who miss the last train home

Members of the public who have been left stranded in London overnight after visiting the Queen’s coffin are being allowed to sleep in empty trains in the capital.

Network Rail, which is arranging the support, will not be advertising the locations of the so-called “welfare trains” as they are being provided as a last resort. Network Rail said many shops, restaurants and toilets will remain open 24/7 at the stations it manages in London, which include King’s Cross, London Victoria, London Waterloo, London Liverpool Street, Charing Cross and Euston.

Meanwhile, some train operators are working on introducing more services to cope with the influx of visitors to London.to view the Queen lying in state, which is currently in its second full day, with many being forced to queue overnight.

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