Train operator C2C, for example, operates the line from London to Shoeburyness, in Essex.
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.
The train operator caters for more than 8, 000 passengers who travel on the north Wales coastal routes every day.
The engineers are hoping to spot nascent mechanical problems on long-distance train lines run by First ScotRail, a Scottish train operator.
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 South West has cancelled its Yeovil to London Waterloo service.
National Express, the train operator, will lose its franchise next year, having failed to meet government targets, and has little incentive to keep investing.
"We have only heard good things about her, " Tomas Hedenius, a spokesman for train operator Arriva, was quoted as saying by AP news agency.
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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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.
And train operator ScotRail is introducing extra services on the line.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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.
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".
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.
Back home, First is best known as Britain's largest train operator, lambasted for every late arrival in Reading, Bath or Bristol (its biggest route) rather than being lauded for increasing profits in the six months to September last year, despite the credit crunch and a collapsing economy.
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Veolia, a private train-operator, pulled out of bidding for a contract in Stuttgart in February, complaining that DB, which was also in the running, would not provide the information needed to prepare its bid.
Trenitalia, Italy's state railway operator, suspended train service from Bologna, and a friendly soccer match between Italy and Luxembourg in Parma was canceled.
Some train services were delayed Wednesday, said Holger Auferkamp, spokesman for national railway operator Deutsche Bahn, but Berlin's metro system, or S-Bahn, was not affected.
In France, rail operator SNCF is preparing for increased competition by launching the first ever low-cost, high speed train.
Last November 50 children died when a train hit their school bus near Manfalut, 350km (230 miles) south of Cairo, after a signal operator fell asleep.
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