Skip to main content
Train drivers across 11 operators to stage fresh 24-hour strike
Aslef General Secretary Mick Whelan (right) at a picket line at Euston station in London, as members of the drivers' union Aslef and the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) go on strike. Picture date: Wednesday October 5, 2022.

MEMBERS of train drivers’ union Aslef are set to go on strike across 11 train operator firms next week, it was announced today.

Rail companies have told passengers some services will not be operating at all, while others are expected to be severely disrupted.

Train operators set to be affected include Avanti West Coast, Chiltern Railways, CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway, Great Western Railway, Greater Anglia, London North Eastern Railway, Northern Trains, Southeastern, Transpennine Express and West Midlands Trains.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
Argentina's Rodrigo Isgro celebrates at the final whistle after the Quilter Nations Series match at Scottish Gas Murrayfield, Edinburgh. Picture date: Sunday November 16, 2025
Men’s Rugby Union / 17 November 2025
17 November 2025
Train drivers from the Aslef union on the picket line at Euston station in London, as they are launching a wave of fresh walkouts in a long-running dispute over pay. Train drivers at 16 rail companies are holding a rolling programme of one-day walkouts between April 5 and 8, coupled with a six-day ban on overtime. Picture date: Friday April 5, 2024
TUC Congress 2025 / 8 September 2025
8 September 2025

On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work

Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan on the picket line at Euston train station in London, as members of train drivers union are launching a wave of fresh walkouts in a long-running dispute over pay, April 5, 2024
Trade Unions / 13 August 2025
13 August 2025