Strikes to affect East Midlands Railway services tomorrow and Saturday
Due to industrial action by the Unite union there will be severe disruption to East Midlands Railway services tomorrow 2nd and Saturday, 3rd December.
Author: Roger Smith
I have had a life-long interest in railways, growing up just a few yards from the complex of sidings at Gloucester docks. My interest continued when I left school and joined the signal department of British Railways.
I am a published author and a a proof-reader for the Railway Correspondence and Travel Society's society’s monthly magazine, the Railway Observer.
I am also a keen photographer, and have had a number of railway photographs published in monthly magazines and books.
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