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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Alex Lawson

‘We’re going to walk 25km’: London tourists bemused by rail strikes

Some of the students from La Mola high school in Alicante, Spain
Some of the students from La Mola high school in Alicante, Spain, including Magda Caceres (back, second from left). The group did not know about the strike action. Photograph: Jill Mead/The Guardian

Chris Hwa could not believe his luck when he logged on to buy tickets for the Harry Potter theme park. “I thought it was my lucky day – there were so many tickets. Then I realised what was happening,” he said.

Hwa, who had flown from his home in Los Angeles to visit his sister in St John’s Wood, north London, became one of thousands of tourists caught up in the biggest rail strikes for three decades.

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