The train drivers have voted for a strike and are threatening further travel disruptions.
Members of the Aslef drivers’ union at eight railway companies have voted to exit the wage dispute.
Network Rail members at the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) and several train operators are also awaiting a result of the ballot later.
Some 40,000 RMT members at Network Rail and 13 rail companies held the largest rail strike in 30 years in June.
Talks between the RMT union and rail operators are set to resume this week.
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Aslef election results include drivers at Chiltern, GWR, LNER, London Overground, Northern, Southeastern, TransPennine and West Midlands.
The dates for the planned strike action have not yet been announced, but unions must give 14 days’ notice of the strike.
This has sparked fears of disruption to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, which are expected to draw around a million tourists between July 28 and August 8.
Meanwhile, Aslef train drivers working for ScotRail voted for a 5% wage increase, ending the dispute that had led to a cut timetable for almost two months.
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