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Network Rail "can't support" Lumo Paignton plans as it outlines capacity concerns


03/04/2025 in News

803002 working Lumo's 1S93 1045 Kings Cross to Edinburgh through Little Ponton in Lincolnshire on August 5 2022. PAUL CLARK

Network Rail has said it cannot support FirstGroup’s open access plan for services between London Paddington and Paignton via Bristol.




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