The Rail Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) is considering a new pay offer to halt strikes that have spanned around nine months.
After weeks of negotiations, the Rail Delivery Group (RDG), the industry’s membership body, proposed the new deal to end the deadlock.
“We have received an updated offer from the RDG and our NEC (national executive committee) is considering its contents,” said an RMT spokesperson.
No decision has been made yet.
RDG stated that the new deal aims to offer reassurances about conditions and job terms for employees.
“Our ambition remains to secure long-term, rewarding careers for our people, a better service for passengers and a railway that takes no more than its fair share from the taxpayer,” the organisation revealed.
The new deal comes a week after it was reported negotiations between the two had reached a “dead end”.
The union had originally planned to strike at the end of March but cancelled these plans after receiving a new proposal a week before the industrial action.
Travel has already faced disruption in the last month, with airport workers and Heathrow security staff both staging walkouts.
Passport office staff have been striking since 3 April and aren’t expected to stop until 5 May.
Other sectors like health and education have also faced a significant number of strikes over the last six months, with nurses, teachers, and junior doctors just some of the workers staging walkouts.