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UK train services hit ahead of Christmas as Covid causes staff shortages
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Staff shortages caused by a jump in Covid cases have started to impact UK train services ahead of the annual festive getaway, with rail operators across the country announcing cancellations for the rest of the week until Christmas.
Britain’s major long-distance operators are among the most affected by employees having to isolate at home because they or someone close to them has the virus.
LNER has taken out 16 trains a day until 24 December between London, Lincoln and Leeds to cover “an increased level of absence in drivers and train managers due to coronavirus”, and warned it may have to make more cancellations at short notice for staffing reasons.
On the other major line between London and Scotland, Avanti West Coast said services were
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