Further train driver strikes
announced for 26 November

Up to 9,500 members of the Aslef union have planned strike action for Saturday 26 November.

The latest industrial action follows four previous 24-hour strikes by drivers, which led to train services being cancelled and delayed.

"We regret that passengers will be inconvenienced for another day. We don't want to be taking this action," said Aslef's general secretary Mick Whelan.

The UK rail industry has been hit by a wave of strikes in recent months, with different unions representing different job roles staging walk-outs.

The 12 rail companies involved are:

Avanti West Coast
Chiltern Railways
CrossCountry
East Midlands Railway
Great Western Railway
Greater Anglia
London North Eastern Railway
London Overground
Northern Trains
Southeastern
Transpennine Express
West Midlands Trains.

The government's minister for the railways, Huw Merriman said the strikes had "cost the railway about half a billion" so far this year.

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