East Midlands Railway services to be substantially affected as RMT and TSSA Unions strike.
The strike action will take place on Thursday the 18th and Saturday the 20th of August and will have an even greater impact than previous strikes.
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I’m an artist and also work within the education sector. I love traveling by train and enjoy both heritage steam and diesel. My son and husband are both avid rail enthusiasts, rail filmmakers, and volunteers on a heritage railway so I have had a unique introduction to the world of railways seeing the incredible impact and adventures that it gives. I also admin one of the UK’s largest steam preservation-based Facebook groups.
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