Industrial action is scheduled to take place across rail and bus services, hospitals, the Civil Service, and refuse collections in the UK from Tuesday the 30th January 2024
Disruptions are set to resume in 2024, after a wave of strike action in 2023.

Due to the nature of the continuing discussions surrounding industrial action, it’s worth noting that strikes could be canceled at the last minute, so always check before canceling or rearranging travel plans.

Train drivers are staging a new wave of strikes in their long-running dispute over pay.
Aslef members, who account for 96 per cent of train drivers in England, will participate in industrial action from Tuesday 30 January to Monday 5 February, with overtime banned for nine days beginning Monday 29 January.

“It’s clear they [the Government] do not want to resolve this dispute,” said Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan.

“We have given the Government every opportunity to come to the table but it has now been a year since we had any contact from the Department for Transport.

“Many of our members have not had a single penny increase to their pay for half a decade, during which time inflation has soared and, with it, the cost of living.”

A spokesperson for Rishi Sunak described the move as “extremely disappointing”

They added: “Not least to commuters, who have already been so badly hit by Aslef’s decision to continually strike.

“Aslef drivers continue to be paid far above what the average person in the UK receives.”

The announced dates and affected operators are as follows:

Tuesday 30 January: Southeastern, Southern/Gatwick Express, GTR Thameslink, South Western Railway main line and depot drivers, SWR Island Line
Wednesday 31 January: Northern and TransPennine
Friday 2 February: C2C, Greater Anglia, LNER
Saturday 3 February: Avanti West Coast, East Midlands Railway, West Midlands Trains
Monday 5 February: Chiltern, CrossCounty, GWR