Rail passengers are being told to limit themselves to just one 'sensible-sized' suitcase when travelling this Christmas to reduce over-crowding. Great Western Railway has urged customers to stop bringing 'super-sized' suitcases with them which 'blocks aisles, exits and seats'.
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It comes amid the announcement that London Paddington station will be closed over the holiday period from the 27-29 December for planned engineering works, leading to fears that more passengers will have to squeeze themselves onto fewer services. Long-distance trains to Bristol, Devon and Cornwall will instead be running from Euston, mirroring a special service that ran in November for separate works.
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Guidelines state that rail firms can restrict passengers to three pieces of luggage under the National Rail Conditions of Travel. Travel operators may levy fees for putting bags on chairs, having more than three pieces on board or carrying luggage that is larger than one metre in any dimension.
However, rail firms say that they do not regularly enforce fines for this and instead the threats are a tactic to deter passengers from bad behaviour. Great Western Railway has urged customers to stop bringing 'super-sized' suitcase with them which 'blocks aisles, exits and seats'.
It comes amid the announcement that London Paddington station will be closed over the holiday period from the 27-29 December for planned engineering works. Guidelines state that rail firms can restrict passengers to three pieces of luggage under the National Rail Conditions of Travel (file).
