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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Simon Calder

Misery for train passengers as nine days of industrial action begins

Simon Calder

Tens of thousands of rail passengers have woken up to news that their trains have been cancelled as the latest round of industrial action bites.

Train drivers belonging to Aslef have begun a nine-day overtime ban, triggering hundreds of cancellations across the country. The union is involved in a long and bitter dispute with 14 train operators in England.

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