The strikes by train drivers at London North Eastern Railway (LNER) have been called off following final talks between the union and company representatives.
About 450 of the company's drivers had planned to strike every weekend until mid-November.
The Aslef union said this was due to a “breakdown of industrial relations and collective agreements”.
However, the union told the BBC late Thursday that a “solution” had been found and confirmed that drivers “would now report for duty as normal”.
LNER, which operates services between Edinburgh and London on the East Coast Mainline, had already reduced its services on Saturday in advance of the strikes. It is not yet known whether even fewer trains will run this weekend.
The state-owned company operates trains to and from London King's Cross station and also through major cities such as Newcastle, York and Durham.
Aslef originally announced the strikes earlier this month, with the first action scheduled to take place this weekend and all subsequent ones until November 10.
The dispute between LNER and Aslef was independent of the long-running dispute over the pay of drivers of all 16 railway companies in England. This could soon be resolved following a new salary offer.
The union accused LNER of violating working practices agreements, which officials said included the drivers' work behind the wheel and the “unauthorized use” of overtime.
Mick Whelan, general secretary of Aslef, said the union was “delighted to have finally resolved this long-standing problem of abuse of our agreements by LNER”.
He said the union would “continue to campaign for a fully staffed railway that does not rely on excessive overtime for train drivers.”
The BBC has asked both LNER and the Department for Transport for comment.
