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Plastic-saving platform: Network Rail announces station water fountains

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clock 12 February 2018 •
Charing Cross is to become the first Network Rail-managed station to have a free drinking water fountain installed
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Charing Cross is to become the first Network Rail-managed station to have a free drinking water fountain installed

Station operator to trial free drinking facilities at London Charing Cross

Rail infrastructure giant Network Rail will today become the latest recruit to the 'war on plastic' with the announcement of a new trial to introduce a drinking water fountain at one of its largest stations....

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