Campaigners will be out in force at Norwich railway station showing support for the first day of a series of strikes at three major regional rail companies.

NOR4NOR (Norfolk for Nationalisation) supporters will be at the Norwich station on Friday, September 1, 4-6pm.

Workers for Southern Rail, Arriva Rail North and Merseyrail, which do not run from Norwich, are striking on September 1, 3 and 4 over driver-only train disputes.

The RMT union has asked Greater Anglia for an assurance that the company is not considering introducing further driver-only operated trains in the region.

Dave Welsh, from NOR4NOR, said: 'We are concerned that the private companies are attempting to boost their profits by removing safety critical frontline staff.'

NOR4NOR is an alliance of passengers and rail workers who campaign for public ownership of the railways.