LNER trains between Scotland and London impacted as drivers walk out in row over terms and conditions

Rail services between Scotland, London and the north of England will be disrupted on Saturday due to a train driver strike.

Members of Aslef at LNER will walk out for the day in a dispute over terms and conditions.

The company said it will run a reduced service between London King’s Cross and Edinburgh Waverley, and King’s Cross and Leeds.

The first train from London to Edinburgh will run at 7.30am and the last one at 4pm.

There will be no LNER services to Glasgow Central, Inverness and Aberdeen on Saturday.

We are running a reduced service across most of our route on Sat 20 April due to industrial action.

There will be a small impact to services on the days either side (Fri 19 & Sun 21 April).

Please check your entire journey before you travel: https://t.co/wqdF3ZBKy4

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— London North Eastern Railway (@LNER) April 17, 2024

Aslef members at the company are also refusing to work overtime this weekend.

Mick Whelan, general secretary of Aslef, said: “Train drivers are fed up with the bad faith shown by this company, probably at the behest of the transport secretary, Mark Harper, and the rail minister, Huw Merriman, and we are not prepared to put up with being bullied and pushed about by a company that thinks it can break agreements whenever it feels like it.

“We honour the agreements we make, because we are honourable people. Train companies should do the same.

“It’s two years since P&O sacked its workforce in a disgusting and disgraceful action that the Government allowed, but train companies in this country are not going to change our terms and conditions on a whim.”

The dispute is separate to the long running pay row between Aslef and 16 train operators, including LNER.