{"id":69187,"date":"2019-11-05T10:20:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T10:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.c2c-online.co.uk\/?p=69187"},"modified":"2022-01-19T16:18:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T16:18:21","slug":"free-travel-for-service-personnel-and-veterans-on-remembrance-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.c2c-online.co.uk\/media-centre\/latest-news\/free-travel-for-service-personnel-and-veterans-on-remembrance-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Free travel for service personnel and veterans on Remembrance Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">c2c<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">is offering free travel to service personnel and veterans on Remembrance Sunday and commemorating the day with a special train mural designed by local pupils.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The free travel on Sunday 10 November is available to<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0service personnel travelling in uniform or with valid ID, and to veterans who are wearing their medals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">We have also linked up with Cherry Tree primary school in Basildon, with pupils designing a special mural commemorating Remembrance Day (pictured below). The design is being applied to the doors\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">of train 357018, which was officially named last year as \u201cRemembering our fallen 88 1914-1918\u201d to commemorate the centenary\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">of Armistice Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69383 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.c2c-online.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-remembrance-day-poster-1.jpg\" alt=\"2019 Remembrance Day Poster\" width=\"280\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.c2c-online.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-remembrance-day-poster-1.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.c2c-online.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-remembrance-day-poster-1-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">c2c Managing Director Julian Drury said: \u201cWe have offered free travel to service personnel and veterans to mark Remembrance Sunday for several years now and this is our way of paying our respects to them and to the local railway staff who fell. We are also grateful for the help of pupils from Cherry Tree school and are proud to show off their commemorative design onboard one of our trains.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Last Thursday generous c2c passengers donated over \u00a320k to the Royal British Legion at Fenchurch Street station<\/span>\u00a0with actor Ross Kemp putting in a special appearance to help launch London Poppy Day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.c2c-online.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ross-kemp-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ross Kemp 2\" width=\"420\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.c2c-online.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ross-kemp-2-1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.c2c-online.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ross-kemp-2-1-250x300.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>c2c\u00a0is offering free travel to service personnel and veterans on Remembrance Sunday and commemorating the day with a special train mural designed by local pupils. The free travel on Sunday 10 November is available to\u00a0service personnel travelling in uniform or with valid ID, and to veterans who are wearing their medals. 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