Passengers planning journeys with London North Eastern Railway (LNER) are facing six days of disruption next month as members of the ASLEF union plan further action in their long-running dispute with the train operating company.

Train drivers will walk out over five days from Monday 5 to Friday 9 February.

Further disruption could be caused by drivers refusing to work any non-contractual overtime from Wednesday 7 until Saturday 10 February.

LNER runs services from London King’s Cross to Inverness and serves a number of major stations, including Glasgow Central, Edinburgh Waverley, Newcastle, York and Leeds.

Mick Whelan, general secretary of ASLEF, commented: “We have given LNER management – and their government counterparts who hold the purse strings – every opportunity to come to the table and they have so far made no realistic offer to our members.

“We have not heard from the Transport Secretary since December 2022, or from the train operating companies since April 2023. It’s time for them to come to the table and work with us to resolve this dispute so we can all move forward and get our railway back on track.”