What is the rail dispute all about and when will the next strikes be?
Nine out of 10 of the train drivers balloted for continued industrial action over the next six months have voted to strike.
They are members of the Aslef union, which is involved in a 19-month-long campaign of industrial action in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions.
Aslef says its members on Chiltern, C2C, East Midlands Railway, Northern and TransPennine Express overwhelmingly backed continuing with walk-outs, which began in July 2022.
Unions involved in disputes must reballot members every six months on continuing with industrial action.
The employers are the 14 train operators in England whose operations are controlled by the government and who belong to the Rail Delivery Group.
Last April, rail firms and ministers made what they say is a fair pay offer for 2022 and 2023,
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