IT’S TIME TO SHOP AT LONDON’S RAILWAY STATIONS

Friday 17 Nov 2006

IT’S TIME TO SHOP AT LONDON’S RAILWAY STATIONS

Region & Route:: National

Embargoed until 00.01 Monday 20 November London commuters can save time and money on their Christmas shopping this year, as Network Rail unveils a host of festive deals in the shops and food outlets in its London railway stations. The Time to Shop offers, which are launched today (Monday 20 November), include discounts on everything from coffee and sushi to books and pyjamas. Almost 200 stores across 11 stations are taking part in the scheme, which includes more than 40 offers and five competitions. Ron Miller, Network Rail’s Head of Retail said: ”We have a huge range of stores in central London locations, ideally placed for the 1 million commuters who travel into the capital each day. The Time to Shop scheme will allow them to save time and money in the most convenient shopping centre they walk through each day – their railway station.” From today, shoppers can download booklets of money-off vouchers from the Network Rail website: www.networkrail.co.uk/timetoshop. And, in the coming weeks, they will also be distributed at stations and published in TheLondonPaper and the London Metro. Participating stations include:

Cannon Street
Charing Cross
Euston
Fenchurch Street
Gatwick
King’s Cross
London Bridge
Liverpool Street
Paddington
Victoria
Waterloo

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