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Black History Month: Train named after guard Asquith Xavier

In 1966 Asquith Xavier was told he could not be a train guard at Euston station because of the colour of his skin. He made history by overturning that decision and now a train has been named in his honour.

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A Train Has Been Named After A Rail Worker Who Fought Whites-Only Rule

Asquith Xavier became Euston station's first Black train guard after campaigning against its discriminatory recruitment policy.

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Train named to honour rail guard who helped end racist recruitment policy

Avanti West Coast has named one of its trains after a railway worker who overturned a racist recruitment policy.

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Train named to honour rail guard who helped end racist recruitment policy

Avanti West Coast has named one of its trains after a railway worker who overturned a racist recruitment policy.

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Rail guard who helped end racist recruitment policy has train named in honour

In 1966 Asquith Xavier overturned a decision not to employ him as a guard at London’s Euston station because of his ethnicity.

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