Light at the end of the tunnel
So after 11 months and three lockdowns, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a cautious lifting of the coronavirus restrictions that have impacted every facet of our lives.
The Government’s plan – aiming to lift all restrictions by June 21 – has many caveats, but after so many wrong or delayed decisions, it cannot afford to get this plan to restore freedoms wrong. It will be a difficult path over the next four months, but there does appear to genuinely be light at the end of the tunnel.
What Mr Johnson has called a ‘road map to freedom’ will be definitely welcomed by the railway heritage movement, railtour operators and by thousands of RM readers. Whether it goes to plan all depends on the public remaining sensible, while at time of going to press plans for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were awaited.