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Train companies gear up to deal with possible bad weather

09/02/2012

A spokesperson for the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) said: “Train companies are gearing up to deal with bad winter weather and will be working with Network Rail to run empty ‘ghost’ trains and de-icer units to keep tracks and overhead cables free of snow and ice as far as possible. The whole industry will be working hard to get people from A to B as quickly and reliably as possible.

“Where snow is predicted to fall, people can log onto nationalrail.co.uk or sign-up for free Twitter alerts to find out how their train service is running.”

ENDS

As well as going to www.nationalrail.co.uk there are a number of ways to get in touch:

- National Rail Enquiries offers free alerting via Twitter & Email. Sign up for travel alerts at www.nationalrail.co.uk/alerts. Passengers will be alerted as soon as NRE knows there’s a problem with your planned journey.

- Follow NRE on Twitter or Facebook

- NRE's Journey Planner includes the latest up-to-the-minute changes to timetables, along with the real time running status of all trains.

- NRE's new mobile site launched at the end of November. Passengers with smartphones can download an app.

- NRE's Service Indicator – which shows at a glance the status of each train company so you can check what’s happening before you leave the house

- The Train Tracker Text number - 84950 - gives real time text updates.