WE'RE PREPARED: Yvonne Daykin, front left, GNER customer information assistant, hands over GNER fun packs to Haydn Cartwright, eight, of the 2nd Acomb Cubs, and Hayley Frear, nine, of St Aidan's Brownies, from York, as their friends look on Picture: Paul Baker

Fun-loving Brownies and Cubs from York helped to launch GNER's new fun pack for children travelling on high-speed rail services.The pack is designed to keep youngsters entertained on train journeys between London, Yorkshire, the North-East and Scotland this summer. The St Aidan's Brownies and 2nd Acomb Cubs were handed the fun packs at York Station. They include colouring pencils, postcards, crisps and sweets.

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