The Snowdon Railway's general manager, Alan Kendall, said there was a limit to how many people the train could carry.

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Back in Prague, Alan and Eve Leadbeater, who had travelled from Nottingham to join the train, also shared their story.

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Alan Connett had a ticket from Newton Abbot to London Paddington, but decided to board the train up the line at Exeter after his circumstances changed.

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Alan Sefton, head of Arsenal's "Football in the Community" division, will also train 30 Muslim and Jewish adults to continue coaching the teams after the scheme finishes.

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Original leader and UKIP founder Alan Sked quit before the 1999 European elections, after arguing the party should refuse seats in the "gravy train" of the Strasbourg Parliament.

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