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Evening Standard
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Matt Watts

Train strikes: LNER drivers to walkout for five days in February in long running pay dispute

Train drivers on LNER will strike for five days from February 5 in the long running pay dispute, their union Aslef has announced.

The action on London North Eastern Railway, which operates long-distance services on the East Coast Main Line, is in addition to a series of walkouts against train operators across England previously announced by Aslef.

The LNER drivers will also refuse to work any non-contractual overtime from February 7 to 10.

Mick Whelan, general secretary of Aslef said: "We have given LNER management, and their government counterparts who hold the purse strings, every opportunity to come to the table and they have so far made no realistic offer to our members.

"We have not heard from the transport secretary since December 2022, or from the train operating companies since April 2023.

"It's time for them to come to the table and work with us to resolve this dispute so we can all move forward and get our railway back on track."

Aslef members across England will ban overtime for nine days from February 29 and strike against individual train operators on different days between January 30 and February 5.

The dispute started in the summer of 2022 and shows little sign of being resolved.

The strike on LNER will disrupt the launch of the train operator's new 70 minute flexible ticket for passengers who miss their train.

The operator is trialling the tickets between London King’s Cross, Newcastle, Berwick and Edinburgh.The new tickets went on sale on Tuesday for journeys from February 5.

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