TRAIN drivers at Northern and LNER are to stage a one-day strike and ban overtime for three days - in a separate row to the national pay dispute.

Members of Aslef at the two operators will walk out on March 1 and ban overtime from February 29 to March 2.

The union says agreements are not being adhered to.

Mick Whelan, Aslef general secretary, said: "We are fed up to the back teeth with the bad faith shown, day after day, week after week, and month after month, by these two companies.

"We always stick to agreements which we make. These companies think they can break agreements - which they freely enter into - whenever it suits them.

"They need to stop what they are doing, start to behave properly and honourably, because their drivers - our members - are no longer prepared to be treated like this."

Tricia Williams, Northern chief operating officer, said: "We're surprised and disappointed that strike action has been called over a local disagreement that we have all been working positively to resolve.

"We encourage ASLEF to work with us to find a solution and avoid further disruption for customers."

A spokesperson for LNER added: "Our priority focus remains on minimising disruption to customers during Aslef strikes, which sadly will continue to cause disruption and delays.

"We encourage Aslef to continue to work with us to find a way to end this long-running dispute which only damages the rail industry."

The latest round of industrial action was announced as train drivers at five rail operators voted to continue strike action for six months in the long-running dispute over pay and conditions.

Members on Northern, TransPennine, East Midlands, Chiltern and c2c railways voted overwhelmingly in favour of the six-month mandate, which is a legal requirement for industrial action to continue.

Mr Whelan said that the vote represented a "clear rejection" of the pay offer put forward by the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) in April.

The RDG previously said Aslef's leadership "need to recognise the financial challenge facing rail" and that "there are no winners from these strikes that will unfortunately cause disruption for our customers".