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Workers on the Caledonian Sleeper trains vote overwhelmingly to strike
RMT ups the pressure on outsourced operator Serco by calling for the route to be renationalised
A Caledonian Sleeper train

SCOTLAND’S troubled a Caledonian Sleeper train trains are set to face further disruption after guards and stewards overwhelmingly voted to strike.

Rail union RMT said members had voted by a margin of 10 to one to down tools on a turnout of over 80 per cent.

The union has now upped the pressure on outsourcing giant Serco, which operates the service, by calling for the route to be renationalised.

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