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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Gwyn Topham

Aslef drivers to hold more train strikes in early May

A passenger walks past a closed platform at Liverpool Street station during a strike by the Aslef train drivers in September 2023
A passenger walks past a closed platform at Liverpool Street station during a strike by the Aslef train drivers in September 2023. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Train drivers will strike again in early May in a series of rolling 24-hour walkouts that will bring many services around Great Britain to a halt.

The Aslef union has called a set of strikes from 7 May to 9 May across all the national rail operators contracted to the Department for Transport (DfT), falling within a six-day overtime ban that is also likely to cause severe disruption on some networks.

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