Norwich is currently about a one-and-a-half-hour direct train route from Stratford where the Olympic Park is situated.

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"We're only 20 minutes from Cardiff, it's a direct train link and there's a bus station right by the ground, " said McCarthy.

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On his website, Mr Osborne boasts about helping to save direct train services between London and Wilmslow, which he uses to commute from his Tatton constituency, in Cheshire.

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Your customers just skipped town on the direct train.

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Now sales representatives can see if a new customer's cars can easily hitch onto a direct train or whether they will need to take a more circuitous, and costly, route.

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Officials said the company decided to demobilize approximately 25% of the contract workers, or around 500 miners, to hire and train direct mine workers to enhance safety and efficiency.

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The Indian Institute of Technology has developed a methodology combining e-learning and direct contact session in remote centres across the country to train teachers.

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The TRAIN Act would nullify the Utility MACT Rule and direct EPA to adopt less burdensome regulations to control power plant HAP emissions.

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Even police departments often train off-duty officers to call 911 rather than taking direct action, unless human life is at risk.

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