Planned strikes by Avanti West Coast during the Christmas period have been suspended, the RMT union has announced.
Workers at the busy rail operator had been due to taken place on December 22, 23 and 29.
The union members, who work as train managers, will now vote on a revised offer aimed at resolving a row over rest day working.
The RMT said it remains in a dispute with Avanti West Coast as its members vote on the revised offer.
Avanti services were expected to be extremely limited on the days of the suspended strikes and would have caused chaos on trains between London and cities like Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow during the busy festive period.
Downing Street had urged train managers to “rethink their position” on Wednesday shortly after the strike action was announced on Tuesday.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman previously said: “I think the public will be rightly disappointed in that action.
“The last thing that people want to see over the Christmas period is disruption to their trains.”
More to follow.
