TRAIN drivers at LNER and Northern will strike today over the train companies’ persistent failure to comply with existing agreements, Aslef has said.

In a separate dispute over the national long-running pay dispute between the union and 16 train operating companies, members at the two companies refused to work non-contractual overtime from today to Saturday.

An Aslef spokesman said LNER has for nearly two years “constantly badgered [members] for favours and non-compliance with rostering arrangements,” while paying managers £500 a shift to drive trains on strike days.