A new offer has been made to the RMT union in an attempt to avert strike action.

First Great Western said it made the “substantially revised offer” after talks on Tuesday.

The union fears the planned introduction of new Hitachi Inter-City trains on the network will lead to redundancies and reduced roles for train managers and guards.

Train workers in the RMT went on strike over the issues for 48 hours from Wednesday, July 8 and there were fears of further action.

First Great Western spokesman James Davis said: “We are hoping our proposal will be enough to settle this dispute.”