Conductors on one of UK’s worst railways threaten to strike – over their ticket scanners

ENP43P First TransPennine Express Desiro diesel multiple unit train arriving at Carnforth station, Lancashire, England.

CONDUCTORS on one of Britain’s worst-performing railways are threatening to strike — over the use of hand-held ticket scanners.

Guards at TransPennine Express are prepared to walk out if they do not receive a “new technology payment”.

The conductors, earning £31,000 on average, have seen the growth in e-ticket purchases nibble away at the...