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Train services increase but overriding message remains not to travel

MANY train operators increased services to around 70% of what would have been running following Prime Minster Boris Johnson's announcement on May 11 of a three-stage plan to get the country back to work.

The move was in line with the national timetable change from May 17, which saw around 3,000 additional services compared to the previous week.

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