Aslef overtime ban: Exact date Brits to be hit with MORE rail misery as pay dispute rumbles on in summer of travel chaos

TRAIN drivers have announced more industrial action in the coming weeks as their long-running pay dispute rumbles on.

The Aslef union confirmed members will not take on any extra work for a five-day period in August as commuters face more travel chaos.

The overtime ban, under which union members refuse to work overtime, will be in force between August 7 and August 12.

The union claims that a number of rail operators have not given their members a pay rise in the last four years, forcing them to walk out.

They also accused employers of misusing "rest day working" to plug gaps in timetables instead of only for training.

A spokesperson for the union said: "Aslef...has today announced another week-long overtime ban in our long-running dispute with 15 train companies in which have not given their train drivers – our members – a pay rise since 2019.

"Drivers will refuse to work overtime from Monday 7 to Saturday 12 August.

"The ban will seriously disrupt services as none of the train companies employs enough drivers to deliver the services they have promised passengers, and the government, they will run."

Aslef General Secretary Mick Whelan called a previous pay offer of a 4% increase dependent on a change in workers' terms and conditions as a "naked land grab".

He said: "We don’t want to take this action – because we don’t want people to be inconvenienced – but the train companies, and the government which stands behind them, have forced us into this place because they refuse to sit down and talk to us and have not made a fair and sensible pay offer to train drivers who have not had one for four years – since 2019 – while prices have soared in that time by more than 12%."

It comes in the wake of four previous overtime bans across May and July as negotiations broke down.

Meanwhile, Aslef and the RMT called off Tube strikes that were scheduled to hit London this week after a "major breakthrough" in relations.

The action was suspended after Aslef said they had received assurances from TfL that their members' pensions would not be tweaked until September 2026 at the earliest.