An East Midlands Trains spokesperson said a replacement bus service was operating between Crewe and Derby, calling at all stations including Stoke-on-Trent and Uttoxeter.

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Visitors can pre-book assistance at London Overground stations by calling 0845-601-4867 at least 48 hours in advance.

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Warwickshire rail users are calling for extra train carriages on the line between Coventry and Nuneaton when two new stations open next year.

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Meanwhile a group calling itself the "Rassemblement des Forces Democratiques de Guinee" had been phoning international radio stations, and a hitherto unknown spokesman, Mohamed Lamine Fofana, had been claiming the attacks were the work of the Guinean opposition.

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