The hot and wet summer has left train drivers struggling to see signals because of rampant growth in lineside trees and bushes.

Train drivers in Britain have voted to accept a new pay offer, their trade union ASLEF said on Wednesday, bringing an end to a long-running industrial dispute and a series of disruptive strikes.

Whelan and ASLEF’s cancellation of the LNER strike follows the announced settlement to end the bitter, two-year national rail dispute by train drivers at 16 train companies over pay and attacks ...