Train drivers will go on strike for two days next month as part of an ongoing dispute over pay, a union has confirmed. The latest industrial action on the railways is set to hit Northern, Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express services across Greater Manchester.
It will also affect travel for delegates and visitors to the Conservative party conference in Birmingham. The union Aslef announced today - Tuesday - that drivers will walk out on Saturday, October 1 and Wednesday, October 5.
Aslef said drivers previously took strike action on July 30 and August 13, but said their 'employers are still failing to come to the table with any improved offer'.
Drivers from 12 train operators in total are set to be involved - Avanti West Coast; Chiltern Railways; CrossCountry; Greater Anglia; Great Western Railway; Hull Trains; LNER; London Overground; Northern Trains; Southeastern; TransPennine Express and West Midlands Trains. READ MORE: Huge police scene after gunman opens fire in street The train drivers' trade union represents 96 per cent of the train drivers in England, Scotland, and Wales.
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