UK Rail Strikes Continue: Train Services Disrupted Across the Country

Aslef's ongoing pay dispute leads to widespread train service disruptions, affecting commuters and causing significant travel chaos.

Train drivers' union Aslef conducts its third strike in four days, halting services on several of the UK's busiest routes.
The dispute, nearing two years, centers around pay, with no resolution in sight and no talks currently planned.
Affected services include c2c, Gatwick Express, Greater Anglia, Southeastern, Southern, South Western Railway, Great Northern, and Thameslink.
The strikes have cost the industry over £2 billion, significantly more than the cost to resolve the pay dispute.
Government and train companies remain committed to resolving the dispute, with an offer that would raise average driver salaries to £65,000 for a four-day week without overtime.