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Katie Williams

Stressed Edinburgh passenger gets 1am text saying his train is cancelled due to lack of staff

An Edinburgh train passenger was left fuming after he was sent a 1am text telling him his train was cancelled.

Johnny Casey, a climate change manager, had booked travel to and from the city for work, but was left worried he would be stranded in Edinburgh after Avanti West Coast cancelled trains back to his hometown of Leamington Spa on Monday December 5.

While there are no strikes scheduled for today or tomorrow, the 34-year-old was issued an alert at 1am on Monday December 4 announcing his train at 6.52pm the following day from Edinburgh was cancelled. When he checked on Network Rail, he found that there were no other trains available that he could take after work.

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