Scores of festival goers were today seen carrying their rucksacks and camping gear as they arrived to Castle Cary station in Somerset, near to the Glastonbury site.
The RMT Union strike is set to go ahead next week after talks over their demands for inflation-tied pay rises for workers and no compulsory redundancies failed.
Kate Nicholls, chief executive of industry group UK Hospitality, has warned that tourism and leisure businesses - already fragile following lockdowns during the pandemic - will take a big hit