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Simon Meechan

Three companies cancel all Newcastle trains due to driver strike on Saturday November 26

Rail services will be decimated in Newcastle and around the North East on Saturday due to a train driver strike.

The ASLEF union, which represents drivers, is staging industrial action on Saturday November 26. The move has led to Northern, TransPennine and CrossCountry cancelling all trains in the North East, while LNER will only operate four from Newcastle to London and five from Newcastle to Edinburgh.

ASLEF, which represents 21,000 members, says drivers have not had a pay rise since 2019, which amounts to a real terms pay cut due to inflation.

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