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Podcast: Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
Episode: June 21st - How the rail strike is affecting London's train hubs
Description: The first day of three planned rail worker strikes by the RMT union has begun and despite the doom-mongering I was pleasantly surprised when visiting London Liverpool Street and Kings Cross on how many trains were still in operation. Of course, travel has been much reduced to mainline services but if you do need to travel, I'm here to tell you that it is still possible by train during the industrial action.However, speaking with representatives from the trade unions and others involved in the talks, I'm not as optimistic on saying this will be the...