Train drivers with operators Northern and TransPennine Express have voted to take strike action, their union revealed on Monday night. Aslef, the train drivers union, said its members at eight train companies backed campaigns of industrial action.
They include Northern and TransPennine Express, which operate trains across Greater Manchester and the north west region. The votes follow highly disruptive strikes by 40,000 RMT union workers across 13 operators and at Network Rail last month, where only a fifth of rail services ran over three days and stations were left empty.
Aslef said drivers voted 'overwhelmingly' to strike over pay, increasing the threat of huge disruption to rail services this summer after recent rail strikes.
