Ministers have handed train driver union barons a 75 per cent pay hike for doing overtime.
Under a deal green-lighted by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander, hundreds of drivers will get £580 to work an overtime shift between Monday and Friday and £600 at weekends.
It comes amid fears of rail travel chaos this Christmas because of a shortage of drivers willing to do overtime, which some operators heavily rely on to run full timetables. That deal, brokered by Ms Alexander’s predecessor Louise Haigh, sparked a backlash at the time because train drivers’ union Aslef announced fresh strikes just two days after it was announced.
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