Rail passengers in Gedling borough are being warned they face significant travel disruption over the next six days as drivers in the Aslef union undertake an overtime ban.
Members of the train drivers’ union at 16 firms will refuse to work overtime between 3 and 8 July as part of their latest action in an ongoing national dispute over pay.
East Midlands Railway, which serves Gedling borough and Nottingham is one of the operators impacted.
The overtime ban is action short of a strike and comes after Aslef members at 10 train firms voted in favour of further strike action.
All train companies rely on drivers to work a certain amount of overtime and volunteer to work on rest days to operate their usual timetables.
Affected rail operators have made changes to their timetables and pulled some services in response to the overtime ban.
A spokesman for East Midlands Railways said: “We are aware of the announced overtime ban by the members of the ASLEF union from the 3 – 8 July and the planned industrial action by the RMT union on Thursday 20, Saturday 22 and Saturday 29 July.
“Between Monday 3 – Saturday 8 July, there will be a number of train cancellations. This is due to action short of strike by the ASLEF union. We advise customers to travel ahead of the last train of the day where possible. Please check before you travel.”
Aslef has rejected an 8 per cent pay offer spanning two years, arguing that its drivers at the 16 train companies have not had a pay rise since 2019.
