Train drivers on the London North Eastern Railway (LNER) network are to strike every weekend for three months after a breakdown of relations with bosses.
The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (Aslef), which represents LNER drivers, said the union’s members will walk out every Saturday between August 31 and November 9, and every Sunday from September 1 to November 10 — a total of 22 days.
The dispute is separate to the pay deal the government struck this week for a 15 per cent, three-year deal for other train drivers, which is expected to cost more than £100 million.
LNER, which is owned by the government, runs routes from London to Edinburgh.
Mick Whelan, the Aslef general secretary, said the decision to strike