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Large mural celebrating one of the UK's first female train drivers Karen Harrison has been unveiled at Euston Station in London

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London, UK. 27 January 2023. Time: 11:10.

Avanti West Coast commissioned the image of Karen Harrison at Euston.

The mural is part of the operator's campaign for a fifth of new recruits to be women.

Ms Harrison applied to British Rail to become a train driver in 1977 under the name K Harrison.

She was given an interview in the belief she was a man.

She became fully qualified in 1979 but suffered discrimination, with staff refusing to work with her.

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