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THE last of a three-day wave of strikes by train drivers’ union Aslef is set to hit profiteering private operators across England tomorrow.
The stoppages, in which different groups of operators are hit on different days, began on Friday with strike action affecting Avanti West Coast, East Midlands Railway, West Midlands Railway and CrossCountry.
On Saturday drivers were out at Chiltern, GWR, LNER, Northern and TransPennine Express.
On Monday C2C, Greater Anglia, Great Northern, Thameslink, Southeastern, Southern, Gatwick Express, South Western Railway are being targeted.
Talks are due with some operators this month.
Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan said: “The reality is, we are going to ask for a pay rise, they are going to say: ‘We can’t give you a pay rise if we haven’t been able to settle the previous two years,’ but they are not going to settle for the previous two years, so what are we going to do?
“We don’t want another dispute but at this moment in time, it is very much heading along that line again.”
The Department for Transport said Aslef was the only rail union continuing to strike.
The dispute over pay and working arrangements began in July 2022.
