A RAIL union has claimed it is causing disruption to East Midlands Trains services this weekend.
Station staff and conductors who belong to the rail workers union RMT are angry after claims there wasn't enough consultation over the closure of Nottingham station.
But the train company has said the changes to services this weekend are unrelated to the industrial action.
There will be no trains from East Midlands Parkway to Liverpool on Sunday. The RMT has claimed this is due to their action, but the train company has denied this and said this was due to a temporary staff shortage unrelated to the industrial action.
RMT General Secretary Bob Crow said: "East Midlands Trains said the RMT action would have no impact and yet here they are scrapping entire services this weekend as the action hits home.
"They should stop misleading passengers and start talking with the union about the measures needed to resolve this dispute.
"The industrial relations climate on East Midlands has sunk to a new low with the company attempting to bulldoze through changes off the back of an engineering blockade which has been planned over the long term and is now being dressed up as a bogus emergency to try and justify ignoring procedures and ripping up working agreements."
An East Midlands Trains spokeswoman said services will continue to operate between East Midlands Parkway and Norwich, via Derby this weekend, but will not run to Liverpool.
Customers wishing to travel to Chesterfield and Sheffield should use alternative services from Derby.
Passengers for other stations should catch a direct coach service to Manchester Piccadilly and change on to alternative train services.
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