CrossCountry passengers face strike disruption on bank holiday weekend

RMT action over pay and conditions means no services on Saturday and reduced rail timetable on Monday

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Rail passengers have been warned that a strike by rail workers could disrupt services on the bank holiday weekend when transport networks are expected to be packed with holidaymakers.

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union at the operator CrossCountry are going on strike on Saturday 23 August and bank holiday Monday over pay and conditions.