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Extra seats will be added to some of Britains most overcrowded train services, the Rail Minister has announced.Chris Heaton-Harris said £2.5 million of Government funding will pay for CrossCountry to operate trains with more carriages.Services running from Birmingham to Nottingham, Leicester and Cardiff will get more than 5,000 additional seats per week from May.A further 15,000 weekly seats are planned for other routes such as Cambridge-Stansted Airport from mid-2021.