THE long-running dispute between RMT and Network Rail ended today after the rail union announced that its members have voted to accept the company’s latest offer on pay, jobs and working conditions. 

The union confirmed that 76 per cent of its 20,000 members at the state-run infrastructure firm have backed the proposals — which include an inflation-busting wage boost for the lowest paid — on a turnout of nearly 90 per cent.

RMT is still in dispute with 14 private train operating companies, with more walkouts set for March 30 and April 1, but today’s development is a significant breakthrough following nine months of intermittent national strikes.