Train drivers at five rail operators have voted to continue taking strike action for six months in the long-running dispute over pay and conditions.Aslef announced that its members on Chiltern, c2c, East Midlands, Northern and TransPennine railways had overwhelmingly backed carrying on with action.Unions involved in disputes have to reballot their members every six months on continuing with industrial action.

Train drivers at five rail operators have voted to continue taking strike action for six months in the long-running dispute over pay and conditions.Aslef announced that its members on Chiltern, c2c, East Midlands, Northern and TransPennine railways had overwhelmingly backed carrying on with action.Unions involved in disputes have to reballot their members every six months on continuing with industrial action.