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| Nottingham railway station back to normal after fire | Nottingham railway station back to normal after fire |
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| A "near to normal" train service is running at Nottingham railway station after a huge fire there on Friday. | A "near to normal" train service is running at Nottingham railway station after a huge fire there on Friday. |
| Flames were seen coming from the station roof and smoke filled the foyer after the fire, which is being treating as arson, started at about 06:30 GMT. | Flames were seen coming from the station roof and smoke filled the foyer after the fire, which is being treating as arson, started at about 06:30 GMT. |
| The blaze was extinguished in time for the station to reopen five of its seven platforms on Saturday, so a restricted service with limited facilities ran. | The blaze was extinguished in time for the station to reopen five of its seven platforms on Saturday, so a restricted service with limited facilities ran. |
| All platforms are now open and facilities are available. | All platforms are now open and facilities are available. |
| Jake Kelly, managing director of East Midlands Trains, said getting the station open had been "a great team effort". | Jake Kelly, managing director of East Midlands Trains, said getting the station open had been "a great team effort". |
| "We are very pleased to be running a near full service from Sunday into the start of the working week on Monday. Even so, we would still advise passengers to check before they travel and also allow a little more time for their journeys." | "We are very pleased to be running a near full service from Sunday into the start of the working week on Monday. Even so, we would still advise passengers to check before they travel and also allow a little more time for their journeys." |
| Three of the four entrances into the station - Carrington Street, Queen's Road, and Station Street - are also open, along with both overbridges. | Three of the four entrances into the station - Carrington Street, Queen's Road, and Station Street - are also open, along with both overbridges. |
| Repair work, which is expected to take months, is continuing and the the investigation into the cause is ongoing. | Repair work, which is expected to take months, is continuing and the the investigation into the cause is ongoing. |
| A passenger travelling from Nottingham station on Sunday said: "I thought it would be dirty and boarding up everywhere. The entrance we came from has been really clear and fine and we have had lots of help. It is amazing - you wouldn't have thought they'd been a fire." |