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From glasgow to dundee, the last train was at 23:10. that changes to 19:10. for the glasgow to mallaig train, the last one was at 18:21. that now leaves around lunchtime. and some services have already been affected. we checked last night, the train was still running. and weve come in today and theyve cancelled it today because theres not enough drivers. unfortunately our only train has been cancelled, so weve had to get a refund on our tickets. i will probably choose not to take the train in th...

Working in a place that is a lifeline -- when the most dangerous places in ukraine. a couple days on where there was an explosion over the railway station that we were at, and it was i think very telling about what we saw, the evacuation train was ready to go, hundreds of people on board, the rail workers scattered, they were terrified, on the train where you had the people and the shelling, they just sat again, they were silent, and they sat through the window and you could see all the rail wor...

Understand is that yes, they move military equipment, yes they move soldiers. but they also move -- civilians. weve been turning up to the railway station almost daily, to talk to rail workers about how they feel about basically working in a place that is a lifeline -- when the most dangerous places in ukraine. a couple days on where there was an explosion over the railway station that we were at, and it was i think very telling about what we saw, the evacuation train was ready to go, hundreds o...

“I’ve heard from managers more than once that safety is the cost of doing business. But is someone’s life really the cost of doing business? Equipment can be replaced, but lives cannot,” the worker said.”

Cars and lives and pets and family in mariupol that they left on the 25th. they never have been able to go back. they worked for a month straight on trains, evacuating, huge numbers of people, the director of the train estimates about 100,000 plus people in the course of a month, working nonstop. and thats just one crew of rail workers. there is another detail i would like to share. according to the ukrainian government, there were, when the russians invaded, about 15,000 russian railway cars on...

Americas other epidemic shows no signs of slowing. This time a mass shooting at a rail yard in san jose, cam. There have been 17 Mass Shootings in the last week. 17 in the last week. Deaths from gun violence in the u. S. Up 23 so far this year. Its another case where the victims were frontline workers. Last month it was a fedex facility in indianapolis, before that a supermarket in boulder, colorado. And now its rail workers helping other Essential Workers get to work during this pandemic. These...

Starbucks and sony they have pulled out entirely.— pulled out entirely. this will continue to _ pulled out entirely. this will continue to have _ pulled out entirely. this will continue to have big - pulled out entirely. this will| continue to have big impacts across europe. what is happening in belarus? because there have been some of elements there.- there have been some of elements there. thats right. the new service _ elements there. thats right. the new service there - elements there. tha...

Explosion a month into this war, ukrainian confidence is growing, not weakening. while russia stumbles, ukraine stands firm. russians are pretty determined to break these lines. are they going get past here? are they going to get past you and these men? translation: i think no. we will not surrender kharkiv. our loved ones have got our backs. they wont get through here. for many of ukraines displaced, the countrys trains have become a lifeline, the rescue express, the sight and sound of hope. fe...

The rescue express, the sight and sound of hope. fergal keane follows the rail workers who have helped to evacuate millions of people. it is the sound of reassurance in a world of chaos — the rescue express, rolling through the night and the day from lviv to the warzones of the east and back. keeping these trains running, and running on time as they do, takes the work of so many people at all different levels on the railways. without them, it simply wouldnt have been possible to evacuate milli...

Unending chaos. a month into this war, ukrainian confidence is growing, not weakening. while russia stumbles, ukraine stands firm. the russians are pretty determined to break these lines. are they going to get past here and you and these men? translation: i get past here and you and these men? translation:— translation: i think no. we will not surrender kharkiv. _ translation: i think no. we will not surrender kharkiv. our _ translation: i think no. we will not surrender kharkiv. our loved - t...