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Another reason for Simon Burns to give trains a wide berth

 
p16 p17 diary File photo dated 14/05/2012 of Rail fares minister Simon Burns who is under fire after it emerged he shuns commuting by train in favour of a costly chauffeur driven government car. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Saturday January 5, 2013. See PA story TRANSPORT Burns. Photo credit should read: Lewis Whyld/PA Wire
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7 January 2013

Transport minister Simon Burns made headlines over the weekend for using a chauffeur-driven car instead of a commuter train. There was talk of him needing privacy for his government documents, but is there perhaps another reason Burns dislikes trains?

He is a heavy smoker and hates to go much longer than 30 mins without a fag. Not easy on trains.

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