The Government has announced a pay agreement has been reached with the ASLEF union, which will now be put to its members for a vote.
If accepted by ASLEF members, it would draw a line under more than two years of rail strikes.
Hospitality has been collateral damage in the dispute, with estimated losses of more than £3.5 billion.
Our response
Kate Nicholls, Chief Executive of UKHospitality, said: “This is an extremely positive development and I hope that this leads to a firm end to ongoing strike action.
“We estimate that hospitality businesses have lost more than £3.5 billion in sales throughout the period when businesses have been forced to shut, staff prevented from coming into work and families forced to cancel plans.
“I’m pleased that all parties involved have come together to reach this proposal and I hope this will see a line drawn under the dispute. Once resolved, we can enter a period of rebuilding trust in our rail network.”
