October 25th - Lumo Trains Begin
Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
The Independent
3.6 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2021
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Passenger services begin on the new Lumo trains between London and Edinburgh – I was at King's Cross station to wave the first departure off.
Scotrail trains will be cancelled during the Cop26 summit due to a rail strike.
And after a weekend of disruption at airports, why paper is the way forward.
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| 1:02.2 | Hello, it's Monday the 25th of October and thanks for joining me, Simon Calder, for the latest |
| 1:08.1 | on travel and destinations from the Greenlist and the |
| 1:11.7 | Travel Desk of the Independent. Today, passenger services began on the new Lumo trains between |
| 1:18.6 | London and Edinburgh. I waved the first departure off from London's Kingscross Station. Scott |
| 1:26.0 | Rail trains, though, will be cancelled during the COP 26 summit due to a rail stike or two. |
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