Avanti workers are being balloted for industrial action in a row over rosters.
Train drivers from the Euston depot, which is on the Liverpool Lime Street line, have been balloted for possible strikes after its union, Aslef, accused the company of imposing new working patterns without agreement. Avanti has denied this stating the rosters are "fully in line with our drivers' existing terms and conditions".
General secretary for Aslef, Mick Whelan, said: "I can hear the sound of chickens coming home to roost. Avanti West Coast has never employed enough drivers to deliver the services it has promised passengers, businesses, and the Government it will run, which is why, every day this year, the company has come up short.
