Rail operators are also considering requiring passengers to book ahead for busy services, the paper adds, adding that to reduce overcrowding, commuters would reserve a 15-minute slot online before boarding. "It’s designed to regulate the number of people coming into the station or queueing outside at any one time while ensuring trains themselves aren’t full." Under the proposals anyone with a high temperature - a telltale symptom of Covid-19 - would be required to stay at home. The Prime Minister has said he wants to "get our economy moving" but there are concerns that commuters returning to work could result in the virus spreading on public transport. The government has not yet taken a decision on how social distancing will be maintained on public transport.

Source: Daily Mirror May 02, 2020 00:01 UTC