Manuel Cortes, leader of the TSSA transport workers' union, said the select committee report was "the clearest warning to ministers against going down the route of rationing rail travel by pricing passengers off trains through super peak-fare tickets".

BBC: Higher peak-time rail fares opposed

Bakr earlier said the situation was "partially the fault of the travel agency, " which he said had not informed police of their route.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Rail operator First Great Western said customers are advised not to travel unless absolutely necessary on the route because of the limited capacity.

BBC: Somerset and Devon trains disrupted 'for up to a week'

An estimated 3, 100 large vessels thread between the islands each year on their way west, and a similar number travel the eastward route across the North Pacific just south of the Aleutians.

ECONOMIST: Shipwrecks in the Aleutians

" After the convention, the truck will travel nationwide selling Penguin releases, following the famed Route 66 journey in one of the publisher's most celebrated novels: John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath.

WSJ: Book industry gathers for annual convention

TomTom's IQ Routes uses real travel times for each and every road shared by millions of riders, therefore providing the optimum route and arrival time.

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