Rail passengers face a third consecutive day of disruption on Thursday because of a strike by train drivers which will again cripple services. Members of Aslef at LNER, TransPennine Express and Northern Trains will walk out for the day following similar action over the past two days at other operators. Aslef is embroiled in a near two year long dispute over pay and conditions, which is now the longest ever in the railway industry. TransPennine urged people not to attempt to travel as it will not be running any services on its routes. Disruption is also likely on the day after strike action and services may start later and finish earlier than usual. Northern said it will also not run any services on Thursday. LNER will run more than 40 services between London, Edinburgh and West Yorkshire, equivalent to around a quarter of its usual timetable. Aslef members at 16 train operators are continuing with a week-long ban on overtime which will also cause disruption to services until the weekend. The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) has invited Aslef to a meeting to try to find some common ground before negotiations can restart, raising tentative hopes of a breakthrough. The two...