Travel and lifestyle journalist and author Helen Ochyra writes about travelling in London with children. I’ve lived in London my entire adult life and thought I knew the tube network extremely well. Certainly well enough to be very comfortable on every journey. That is, until I had children. Travelling with a pushchair makes me feelContinue reading “London for Dummies”
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November campaign update
The last few months have seen a lot of activity for our ever-growing campaign team. In September we met with Network Rail, who told us all about their Whole Industry Strategic Review (WISR) which follows on from the government’s white paper ‘The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail’, in which the idea of Great British Rail wasContinue reading “November campaign update”
Campaign meets with Rail Delivery Group CEO
We were delighted to meet with Jacqueline Starr, CEO of the Rail Delivery Group, earlier this month to share our experiences of travelling by train with young children, and examples of family friendly trains from across Europe. We plan to meet again in the near future and we look forward to hearing about the progressContinue reading “Campaign meets with Rail Delivery Group CEO”
Meetings with TOCs, Key Train Requirements and East West Rail
Meetings with train operating companies We were pleased that Great Western Railway agreed to meet with us in February. GWR and their new IET trains have caused many complaints amongst new parents as no space for pushchairs is provided on board. Instead parents are left sitting in vestibule areas or babies and toddlers sleeping inContinue reading “Meetings with TOCs, Key Train Requirements and East West Rail”