Over 30% of train services still not running, post-Covid

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The number of people using trains is slowly rising again four weeks after the government lifted working from home guidance. But despite this, data provided to the BBC shows that only 78 per cent of pre-Covid rail services are running... largely down to the Omicron variant forcing numerous train crews into isolation. It's hoped more services will be reinstated by the end of the month, but is there a need? Sim Harris is Managing Editor of Rail News.