Planned strikes by Avanti West Coast during the Christmas period have been suspended, the RMT union has announced.
Workers at the busy rail operator had been due to taken place on December 22, 23 and 29.
The union members, who work as train managers, will now vote on a revised offer aimed at resolving a row over rest day working.
The RMT said it remains in a dispute with Avanti West Coast as its members vote on the revised offer.
Avanti services were expected to be extremely limited on the days of the suspended strikes and would have caused chaos on trains between London and cities like Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow during the busy festive period.
Downing Street had urged train managers to “rethink their position” on Wednesday shortly after the strike action was announced on Tuesday.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman previously said: “I think the public will be rightly disappointed in that action.
“The last thing that people want to see over the Christmas period is disruption to their trains.”
The Government has already raised concerned that Christmas train services could be disrupted by staffing shortages, the rail minister said.
Lord Hendy told MPs earlier this week that Department for Transport (DfT) officials will continue to examine the issue throughout the festive period.
Many train drivers and other crew members do not have Sunday working included in their contracts, with numerous operators often relying on them volunteering to work extra paid shifts to run timetabled services on that day.
This regularly causes the cancellation of hundreds of trains across Britain, such as on Father’s Day or the day of a major England football match.
Britain’s rail network completely shuts down every year on Christmas Day, with a limited service on Boxing Day.
Many routes will be closed for longer during the festive period because of Network Rail carrying out engineering work.
