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Railway stations and trains are 'Covid clean' according to new tests

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railway stations have been tested for traces of Covid and came out clean, Network Rail says. Escalator handles, ticket machines, benches and other places passengers regularly touch were swabbed, while hour-long air samples were taken.

Tests were also repeated on trains running between the stations. Two rounds of testing were carried out at London Euston, Birmingham New Street, Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Piccadilly station, in January and June.Examination of the results by Imperial College London found no Covid-19 contamination of any surface, or airborne particles of the virus.Rob Mole, senior programme manager for Network Rail's response to the pandemic, said: "Station cleaning teams and train staff have made it their mission to.

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