Two 24-hour strikes which had been called on London Underground by ASLEF for tomorrow and Tuesday have been called off, after the union received what it described as a ‘significantly improved’ pay offer from Transport for London.

The RMT had already suspended several Underground walkouts which were to be staged in the first few days of this month, after receiving a new offer from TfL on the eve of the first strike.

A meeting will take place tomorrow in which ASLEF will discuss the revised TfL deal with its members. 

ASLEF London district organiser Finn Brennan said the union was pleased the walkouts had been cancelled, but he declined to comment further until after tomorrow’s meeting.

TfL’s chief operating officer Claire Mann said: ‘We believe we have made an offer to our trade unions that is fair, affordable, good for our colleagues and good for London and we urge our trade unions to continue working with us.’

Meanwhile, Chiltern Railways will not be running between Great Missenden and London Marylebone today, because an emergency timetable had been planned when the RMT was set to strike. This strike would have meant that the Underground-managed line between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Amersham could not be used.

Chiltern said: ‘Although the RMT strike was called off on Friday, this did not give us enough time to reinstate all our services for this week because of the detailed planning required.’