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Some rail commuters are forced to stand all the way during a 60 mile long-distance commute while Britain's top 10 overcrowded "standing room only" services all start or finish in London, inflicting daily misery on hundreds of thousands of commuters.

The findings came after the senior civil servant in charge of railways told MPs it was "not unacceptable" to stand at peak times.

Passenger group London TravelWatch backed the campaign, and chairman Brian Cooke launched an online petition demanding an end to overcrowded commuter trains.

An Early Day Motion calling on the Government to guarantee a seat for anyone with a journey of more than 20 minutes received the support of 58 MPs from all the major parties.

The campaign's first victory came in March, when Transport Secretary Douglas Alexander announced the Government would provide 1,000 more carriages, the equivalent of tens of thousands of extra seats.