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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Ella Doyle

Northern train disruption: Passenger says Newcastle-Liverpool journey took ‘as long as a flight to Dubai’

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A passenger has shared a story of their train journey from Newcastle to Liverpool which, due to a number of difficulties, took seven hours – as long as some flights from the UK to Dubai.

The traveller, who is also a reporter at the Liverpool Echo, intended to travel from Newcastle back home to Liverpool on Sunday 23 October, a journey which normally takes just under three hours.

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