A strike which would have disrupted rail services through Oxford on Sunday has been called off.
Depot staff at First Great Western (FGW), which run the majority of trains from Oxford station, had voted by a three-to-one margin to strike over pay and working hours.
However, the action was called off after a deal was struck with FGW’s management.
Bob Crow, general secretary of the RMT transport union, explained the reasons for the dispute and congratulated his members on their unity.
"The vast majority of FGW engineering and cleaning staff were still being paid the flat hourly rate for their overtime, rather than the time-and-a-quarter enjoyed by other FGW staff, including train-crew and station staff," he said.
"Due to the steadfastness of members at FGW, these inequalities have been removed."
