Drivers on Elizabeth line to strike for four days over coming weeks

Drivers on Elizabeth line to strike for four days over coming weeks
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Drivers on Elizabeth line to strike for four days over coming weeks
Author: Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
Published: Feb, 13 2025 11:35

Members of Aslef union plan action beginning on 27 February in dispute over pay. Train drivers on the Elizabeth line are to strike on four separate days over the coming weeks in a dispute over pay. Members of the train drivers’ union Aslef will take industrial action on Thursday 27 February, Saturday 1 March, Saturday 8 March and Monday 10 March. Virtually all drivers on the line are in the union, and voted overwhelmingly for industrial action. Aslef blamed the operator, MTR, for the dispute.

The union’s general secretary, Mick Whelan, said: “Our members have been instrumental in the success of the Elizabeth line – it’s a partnership, in practice, between the company and its employees – but, despite our best efforts, MTR has decided not to recognise the input, the importance, and the value of train drivers in this success.”. MTR is due to be succeeded as the operator of the line by Tokyo Metro in May.

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