Buy a train ticket and immediately the train operator can see in real time how many fares have been bought as single journeys, or as returns at any point of time on any given day.
When a gun goes off in a train car, the goal is to alert a train operator and the security guard at the next station as to which car the shot was fired in.
In December, the government extended London Midland's franchise up to September 2015, despite the prime minister warning action could be taken against the train operator if it did not reduce the number of cancellations.
He says he was firing the camera in hopes the flash would alert the train operator and was not even looking at the viewfinder.
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But although a shorter term would make the capital requirement cheaper, it would also undermine the incentive for the train operator to invest in long-term improvements in the service they provide.
Passenger numbers on the high-speed train between London, Brussels and Paris fell 1% to 2.6 million between July and September, which the train operator said was because "tourists who were not going to the Games were encouraged to avoid London".
The train operator caters for more than 8, 000 passengers who travel on the north Wales coastal routes every day.
The train operator has apologised to anyone who has been affected by its recent problems.
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The train operator has said it hopes to have dealt with a shortage of drivers by mid-December.
National Express, the train operator, will lose its franchise next year, having failed to meet government targets, and has little incentive to keep investing.
The train operator has apologised and said it had seen a higher than normal turnover of drivers and expected to be fully staffed by mid-December.
The train operator Eurostar is another trying to capitalize on sustainability issues with their train manager's bags made from decommissioned staff uniforms designed by UK-upcycler Worn Again.
It comes as the train operator, which published its emergency Christmas timetable on Monday, continues to run only 40% of services following the safety work sparked by the Hatfield crash.
One call to the train operator would have had them emailing an accurate picture for you... better still you could try to use stills from TV or contributed pix whenever possible rather than bland library stock such as the much-over-used picture of police tape for police etc.
The weather has prompted train operator East Coast to lift ticket restrictions from London King's Cross on services after 10:00 GMT.
Train operator C2C, for example, operates the line from London to Shoeburyness, in Essex.
And train operator ScotRail is introducing extra services on the line.
Though one train operator, Go-Ahead, has called for dismembering the network into four or five regional companies, there is little enthusiasm in the industry, and none in government, for further fundamental upheaval.
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Amtrak, a train operator, has also seen a surge in passengers, particularly in the Washington-New York-Boston corridor yet it is asking, brazenly, for more federal subsidies to cope.
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In France, rail operator SNCF is preparing for increased competition by launching the first ever low-cost, high speed train.
High-speed train operator Eurostar, which runs services linking Paris, Brussels and London, among other destinations, has canceled the rest of its services Tuesday and told passengers to stay at home.
High-speed train operator Eurostar, which runs services linking Paris, Brussels and London, among other destinations, has canceled the rest of its services Tuesday and urged passengers to stay at home.
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