UK rail services face more disruptions after train drivers at eight rail companies decided to stage a 24-hour strike later this month over a pay dispute.
The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (Aslef), a trade union representing train drivers, said its members at Arriva Rail London, Chiltern Railways, Greater Anglia, Great Western, Hull Trains, LNER, Southeastern, and West Midlands Trains will walk out on July 30.
Drivers on Greater Anglia will also strike on July 23, and those on Hull Trains will strike on July 16 and 23.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps delivers a speech to set out the government’s vision to create a reformed and modernised railway, at Siemens Traincare Facility Mobility Division Rail Systems in north London on June 16, 2022. (A/PA Media)
The action is in addition to a planned strike by the Rail, Maritime, and Transport union (RMT) at train companies and Network Rail on July 27 and by Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) members on Avanti West Coast on the same day….