'James would have been delighted to have one of the trains he campaigned for named after him.'
A train has been named in honour of James Brokenshire, who campaigned for better services for passengers.from lung cancer aged 53.
The City Beam train, made by Siemens Mobility, will be unveiled to rail minister Wendy Morton later on Monday. His widow Catherine Brokenshire said: "James would have been delighted to have one of the 707 trains he campaigned for named after him."A 707 class train, similar to the one pictured, bears James Brokenshire's name
The train will be operated by the Department for Transport's operator of last resort, which took over Southeastern after it wasa national lung cancer screening programme to improve survival rates.More on this story
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