Avanti trains fiasco preventing people getting to London to visit Queen lying in state ➡️ For many of those who are hoping to make the journey by train, it is proving difficult
The numbers lining the streets for theon Monday, 19 September could exceed the one million who came out for the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Mourners file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, in Westminster Hall where she was lying in state in 2002. Queues of up to five miles are expected for the lying-in-state of Queen Elizabeth II The situation has led to an angry intervention from the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, who says it is damaging the local economy and has demanded Avanti put forward a plan to resolve it or face losing its contract.
Avanti replied that tickets for the weekend of 17 September would be confirmed “over the next few days”.
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