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Three-day strike wave by train drivers’ union continues

THE last of a three-day wave of strikes by train drivers’ union Aslef is set to hit profiteering private operators across England tomorrow.

The stoppages, in which different groups of operators are hit on different days, began on Friday with strike action affecting Avanti West Coast, East Midlands Railway, West Midlands Railway and CrossCountry. 

On Saturday drivers were out at Chiltern, GWR, LNER, Northern and TransPennine Express. 

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