Network Rail has made a new pay offer to staff in a bid to break the deadlock that led to last month's RMT strike.
The RMT union will consider the offer on Wednesday morning. But in a statement last night, the RMT said the offer amounts to "a real-terms pay cut over the next two years and will involve cutting a third of all frontline maintenance roles and 50pc of all scheduled maintenance work".
Talks between Network Rail and the RMT have been on going since June's three 24-hour walk outs, which decimated rail services that week. The RMT is still threatening to strike, although no dates have been put forward.
