Both East Midlands Railway (EMR) and CrossCountry have been affected by the action.
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The train companies said there would be "significant disruption" on Saturday and people would need to find alternative methods of travel. Will Rogers, managing director for EMR, said: "Unfortunately, we will be unable to run any services." An Aslef spokesperson said: "If the government freed the train operating companies to make a sensible offer to train drivers, this dispute would be over tomorrow.
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