Rail passengers across the UK faced disruption to their travel plans this autumn as train drivers union Aslef embarked on another wave of strikes and a ban on overtime. The Tube strikes, however, were cancelled.

The train strikes and overtime ban affect 16 train operating companies. The union has so far called 14 one-day strikes during its 16-month dispute over pay.

Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan said: “While we regret having to take this action – we don’t want to lose a day’s pay, or disrupt passengers, as they try to travel by train – the government, and the employers, have forced us into this position.

Our members have not, now, had a pay rise for four years – since 2019 – and that’s not right when prices have soared in that time.

“Train drivers, perfectly reasonably, want to be able to buy now what they could buy four years ago.”