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Talks aimed at resolving a long-running dispute involving train drivers on Hull Trains have resulted in a positive outcome, the company has announced.

Trains in Yorkshire: Update after long-running dispute and strikes
Talks aimed at resolving a long-running dispute involving train drivers on Hull Trains have resulted in a positive outcome, the company has announced.

The scene at Huntingdon train station in Cambridgeshire, after a number of people were stabbed on a train. PIC: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

The value of train crews was evident during knife attack - YP Letters

Hull Trains

Fresh wave of Hull Trains strikes announced in row over sacked driver

Hull KR supporters are preparing to descend on Wembley for the Challenge Cup final.

Train disruption warning issued ahead of Hull KR's Wembley clash

Train drivers went on strike again on Sunday in a long-running dispute over the sacking of a colleague.

Hull Trains: Aslef drivers strike again over colleague’s dismissal

Hull Trains: Fresh strike by drivers on Friday hits services after sacking of colleague

Hull Trains: Fresh strike by drivers on Friday hits services

Union leaders from across the country will join a protest in Hull on Friday as Aslef’s strike over a sacked train driver reached its 72nd day.

Aslef drivers strike at Hull Trains over Easter in row over sacked colleague

Members of Aslef will walk out for the day, warning that services will be disrupted.

Hull Trains: Train drivers strike on Good Friday over sacked colleague

Hull Trains

Hull train drivers launch series of strikes in row over sacked colleague

Hull Trains

Hull Trains drivers to stage series of strikes over colleague’s sacking

Members of the Aslef union on a picket line near to Leeds train station. Credit: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Aslef train drivers accept government offer to end strikes

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. PIC: Toby Melville/PA Wire

Disgraceful of Labour to set out to make elderly people poorer - Andrew Vine

Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrives at a press conference during a visit to Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) training college at Garnerville in Belfast. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Why the writing is already on the wall for Keir Starmer's Government

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh during a visit to the Hitachi rail manufacturing plant in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Caving in to train drivers will lead to more ludicrous pay demands and strikes

Secretary of State for Transport Louise Haigh (left) and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones leaving Downing Street, London, after a Cabinet meeting. Picture: Maja Smiejkowska/PA Wire

Labour's 14.25 per cent pay rise offer to end the rail strikes is a capitulation

Members of the Aslef union on a picket line near to Leeds train station. Credit: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Government quizzed over train driver pay offer after cutting Winter Fuel Payment

Labour wants to nationalise train operators like LNER. Credit: PA

Labour makes rail nationalisation one of main priorities of new Parliament

A person walks along a railway platform at Paddock Wood railway station in south east England on April 8, 2024, as train drivers strike over pay. (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Video report: Is it time to re-nationalise rail?

Train strikes: Almost 75 per cent of services to be cancelled on Saturday with passengers in Yorkshire affected Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe

Train strikes Yorkshire: Almost 75 per cent of services to be cancelled

A Northern train. (Pic credit: Danny Lawson / PA Wire)

Train strikes 2024: Yorkshire travellers warned to plan ahead next week

Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union general secretary Mick Lynch speaking at a rally outside King's Cross station. PIC: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Will Labour be return union donations as well? - Yorkshire Post Letters
From: Ron Firth, Campsall.
The Yorkshire Post Letters

Passengers at Waterloo train station in London, during a strike by members of the Aslef union. PIC: Lucy North/PA Wire

Train drivers can earn nearly £60k, what more do they want? - Andrew Vine

A pint of beer is served. (Pic credit: Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images)

Bradford Beer and Cider Festival: Yorkshire event returns to Saltaire landmark

Train drivers from the Aslef union on the picket line at Waterloo station in London

Trains strikes: Passengers warned dispute will drag on

Yorkshire train disruptions expected with ASLEF 2024 strikes

Passengers at King's Cross station in London following train cancellations in 2022. PIC: PA

Why it is time to call both rail companies and unions to heel - Jayne Dowle

Picture by Bruce Rollinson

Train passengers told to expect severe disruption when drivers go on strike

Yorkshire businesses concerned they will lose thousands during rail strikes

Train drivers are to stage a fresh series of strikes next month in their long-running dispute over pay, their union Aslef has announced.
Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Dates revealed for train strikes affecting Yorkshire commuters

Margaret Thatcher looking pensive at the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool in 1985. PIC: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Strong leadership is required to bring the rail unions in line - Sarah Todd

The train drivers' union says the timing of the strikes was not aimed as disrupting Tory members attending their annual conference

Breaking Union says Tory accusations inspired train strike targeting conference

Stock.... Leeds City Centre, Train Station, Railway Station
1st May 2019.
Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe

Train strikes set to cause week of misery for commuters
Rail passengers face a week of travel chaos because of strikes and other forms of industrial action in bitter, long-running disputes over pay, jobs and conditions.
Alan Jones, PA

A TransPennine Express Nova train

TransPennine Express: Minister says nationalising services was 'right decision'

Commuters walk past a train stopped at a platform in Waterloo Station in London, during a national strike day, on February 1, 2023.

Rail strikes spell bank holiday travel chaos - 20,000 workers walk out

'If you have travel plans for work or leisure over the next few weeks you would be well advised to check if your scheduled services are running'. PIC: James Manning/PA Wire

Rail commuters face a miserable autumn as disputes drag on - Bill Carmichael

Train services in the UK are set to be disrupted again this weekend as tens of thousands of workers gear up for more industrial action.

Rail strikes: Full list of industrial action in August & September

Leeds City Centre, Train Station, Railway Station
Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe

Trains could be cancelled on two dates as union train drivers to strike again

Aslef, a union that represents 16 of the country’s 35 rail operators, announced last month that its members would withdraw non-contractual overtime, known as rest-day working, from Monday (July 3) to Saturday (July 8). (Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Rail workers refuse to work overtime for 6 days - July strike dates

Secretary-General of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) Mick Lynch said 20,000 rail workers have voted to strike for three days in July. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Breaking RMT announces 3 days of rail strike action in July

Aslef (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Breaking Rail workers to walk out for 24 hours over sick pay and overtime

Aslef announces more walkouts over the next six months (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Breaking Aslef announces more walkouts by train drivers for next 6 months

TransPennine Express passengers have been told to expect more cancellations over the weekend

TransPennine Express tells passengers to expect more cancellations this weekend

TransPennine Express has apologised to customers.

TransPennine Express offers explanation to passengers after another day of chaos

TransPennine Express services were nationalised last month

New TPE boss says only half the drivers have the training they need

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 31: A group of rail workers stand on a picket line outside Euston rail station as a new round of strikes by train drivers begins on May 31, 2023 in London, England. Today's strike comes after the train drivers union, ASLEF, rejected a pay rise offer of 4 percent a year over two years from the Rail Delivery Group (RDG). (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Travel provider issues urgent warning as train strikes continue

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 31: A group of rail workers stand on a picket line outside Euston rail station as a new round of strikes by train drivers begins on May 31, 2023 in London, England. Today's strike comes after the train drivers union, ASLEF, rejected a pay rise offer of 4 percent a year over two years from the Rail Delivery Group (RDG). (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Nationwide disruption as 24-hour train strike begins

A quiet Paddington station in London as members of the drivers' union Aslef go on strike. Rail passengers will suffer fresh travel disruption in the next few days because of more strikes in long-running disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Picture date: Wednesday May 31, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story INDUSTRY Strikes. Photo credit should read: Peter Clifton/PA Wire

Train passengers in Yorkshire hit by fresh strike disruption

Passengers have been told there will be no TransPennine Express services running during the strikes

TransPennine Express warns passengers that no services are running today

More walk-outs have been arranged for May and June by the main rail union, the RMT, and the train drivers’ union, Aslef. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)(Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Full list of rail operators to be impacted by ASLEF and RMT strikes

Train services run by TransPennine Express (TPE) will be brought under Government control due to “continuous cancellations”, Transport Secretary Mark Harper said.

TransPennine Express services brought under Government control

'Not renewing or extending TPE’s contract was the right thing to do' PIC: PA

TransPennine Express lost the Government’s confidence - Huw Merriman

More walk-outs have been arranged for May and June by the main rail union, the RMT, and the train drivers’ union, Aslef. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

May and June train strikes - dates, companies and options

ASLEF (Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen) members hold union flags at the picket outside Euston Station as train drivers continue their strike across the UK. (Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Aslef announces three new dates of fresh strikes

Mick Lynch, General Secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) , answering questions in front of the Transport Select Committee in the House of Commons.

Forcing rail staff to work during strikes is ‘a recipe for disaster’

TransPennine Express passengers have been forced to endure months of severe disruption, as the operator has cancelled thousands of services

Union locked in dispute with TransPennine Express told ‘stalemate cannot go on’

TransPennine Express

TransPennine Express: Union explains decision that will cause more disruption

The operator, owned by First Group, has forced passengers to endure months of severe disruption, as it has cancelled thousands of services at short notice.

Future of TransPennine Express hangs in the balance

TransPennine Express has forced passengers across the North to endure months of severe disruption, as it has cancelled thousands of services at short notice.

TransPennine Express: Mayors call for 'fresh start under new management'

'We must do better for the travelling public in Yorkshire and across the network'.

The service won’t improve just because another operator takes over

TPE has said there would be an immediate improvement if train drivers’ union ASLEF agreed to a new rest-day working agreement.

Time is up for TransPennine Express - The YP says

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