Rail workers vote to accept pay offers - Almost 99% of train company members voted in favour while Network Rail workers backed their pay rise by 88%.

Rail workers have voted overwhelmingly to accept pay offers of over 4 per cent from train companies including Network Rail. The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) says the rail dispute is now “concluded” following the vote, which will likely see a reduction in the national rail strikes of the past two years.

The government says the deal will help provide a more reliable railway as it seeks to renationalise most services under a promised shake-up.

A long-running dispute at ScotRail has come to an end after train drivers accepted a pay offer. Drivers' union Aslef said 75% of members voted for the deal, which will provide staff with a 4.5% rise backdated to April.

Rail workers have voted overwhelmingly to accept pay offers from train companies and Network Rail, the RMT union has announced.

Britain's RMT, a trade union which represents rail workers, said on Wednesday its members had voted in favour of accepting a pay deal, bringing an end to a two-year dispute which has caused widespread disruption to the country's transport network.