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Trains travelling to and from Glasgow this Friday (tomorrow) will have 'chat carriages', in a bid to get strangers talking to one another on the train.

Commuters journeying on Virgin West Coast line trains between Glasgow Central Station and England will find every coach C transformed into a chat carriage for the day, reports The Guardian.

The initiative, which is being led by the BBC, has the goals of tackling polarisation and isolation in society.

Virgin's involvement forms part of a wider 'chat day' rolled out by various public transport bodies across the UK including Transport for London, bus company Arriva, Greater Anglia, the Go Ahead Group and the National Express.

BBC editor Emily Kasriel is reported in The Guardian as saying the aim of the project is “to encourage people who are up for it to get out of their comfort zone and emerge from their screens to interact with the adult sitting next to them”.

“Many people are reluctant to talk to strangers, but perhaps someone is battling loneliness and an exchange could provide a meaningful moment that changes their day.

“Everyone has an interesting story to tell. These chance encounters can provoke a new way of looking at the world, and an opportunity to understand someone else’s story.”

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For more information on the initiative, visit the BBC's blog HERE.

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