Members of the train driver’s union ASLEF have voted to accept a pay deal, ending a two-year-long dispute with 16 train operating companies.
The agreement was supported by 71% of the union members who voted, bringing an end to a series of strikes across the UK’s rail network.
The settlement includes a backdated pay increase and improvements to working conditions.
Mick Whelan, general secretary, stated: “It just shows what can be done when the grown-ups come into the room.
“The Tory government sat on their hands and refused to talk to us. But this Labour government has worked with us to resolve this dispute.
“The offer is a fair offer and it is what we have always asked for, a clean offer, without a land grab for our terms & conditions.
"We achieved more in the first four weeks of a Labour government than we managed under a Tory government that set out to destroy us.”