Free rail travel offered for Remembrance services in November

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 15 Oct, 12:32 · Archive

Serving personnel, veterans and bereaved families can travel free by rail to Remembrance services across Great Britain on November 8.

Serving military personnel, veterans and bereaved families will receive free rail travel to attend Remembrance services across Great Britain on Sunday, November 8. The scheme, part of a long-standing tradition supported by the rail industry, enables eligible passengers to travel at no cost.

This year, the offer has been extended to include one nominated next of kin of a service person who died while serving in the Armed Forces. For those attending the Cenotaph service in London, free return travel to any London Terminal station is available on Saturday, November 7, or Sunday, November 8, with the return journey on Sunday only. Elsewhere in Great Britain, free return travel for Remembrance services is available on Sunday, November 8, only.

Ola Ogun, co-CEO of Rail Delivery Group, said: 'Remembrance gives us a chance to honour those who served and to stand alongside the people who remember them.' He added that extending free travel to bereaved next of kin 'will help more families be there to pay tribute to their loved ones'. Applications for bereaved family tickets close at 12pm on October 16. The scheme also covers serving personnel and veterans attending the Submariners' Remembrance Service, who can travel free on Saturday, October 31, or Sunday, November 1.

How it is being reported

• Who can travel by train for FREE for Remembrance services in NovemberFree rail travel for serving personnel, veterans and bereaved families attending Remembrance services across Great Britain on November 8; apply by October 16.Lancashire Telegraph · 15 Oct, 12:00
• We're offering free travel for military personnel, veterans and bereaved families attending Remembrance“Extending free travel to bereaved next of kin this year will help more families be there to pay tribute to their loved ones.”Blackpool Gazette · 14 Oct, 13:42

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