A BANK holiday rail strike which was set to cancel the "vast majority" of ScotRail and cross-Border train services has been called off.
The industrial action was poised to bring around 90 per cent of the rail network to a standstill on Monday and Tuesday of next week.
But RMT and TSSA, the unions representing rail workers, have now urged their members to go to work as normal on both days after Network Rail tabled a revised pay offer.
Thousands of signallers, maintenance workers and station staff were due stage a 24-hour walkout accompanied by an additional period of work-to-rule in the biggest disruption to the UK railways in more than 20 years.
In a statement today, RMT said: "After four days of talks at conciliation service Acas between your union and Network Rail management, the company has tabled a revised offer. Your Executive Committee has considered this offer and decided to suspend all industrial action which had been scheduled to take place on Monday 25th May and Tuesday 26th May 2015.
"The suspension of the action will give your Executive Committee an opportunity to hold urgent consultations with your Area Council Representatives next week.
"Further information with regards to the revised offer will be sent to you in due course.
"Please work your shifts, overtime and all other additional hours as normal next week."
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