The
first
of
several
strikes


is
disrupting
train
services
seriously,
because
ASLEF
drivers
have
walked
out
at
nearly
all
train
operators
in
England,
with
the
exceptions
of
c2c,
Merseyrail,
Transport
for
London,
Glasgow
Subway
and
Tyne
&
Wear
Metro.
Many
stations
served
by
the
affected
operators
have
no
trains
at
all
today.

Where
trains
do
run,
timetables
will
be
limited
and
services
will
cease
towards
the
end
of
the
afternoon.

Neither
ScotRail
nor
Transport
for
Wales
are
directly
affected,
although
trains
to
and
from
England
are
being
disrupted.

RMT
members
at
train
operators
are
set
to
strike
tomorrow,
and
more
ASLEF
strikes
are
planned
for
31
May
and
3
June.

ASLEF
is
also
staging
an
overtime
ban
on
13
and
15-20
May,
and
again
on
1
June.

The
latest
round
of
industrial
action,
in
continuing
disputes
over
pay,
comes
after
RMT
members
had
voted
in
favour
of
continuing
strikes
up
to
November.