News and Media

Here you will find the lastest ASLEF news articles. Archived articles can be found in the News Archive section in the left hand navigation bar.

You can also find recent issues of the ASLEF Journal and other ASLEF publications in the Publications section.  

Invest in rail to boost economy says ASLEF

25 Aug 2010ASLEF today welcomed new data which confirmed what the union has long argued; investment in rail infrastructure can generate significant economic growth.

Level crossing lessons still not learned says union

18 Aug 2010Train drivers’ union ASLEF has expressed its dismay at yesterday’s collision on a level crossing in Suffolk which saw injuries to 21 passengers, two seriously, as well as the train driver. The circumstances of this latest collision in Little Cornard, Sudbury echo those of many similar incidents on level crossings in recent years.

Potters Bar inquest blames maintenance

30 Jul 2010The jury at the inquest into the 2002 Potters Bar derailment in which seven people died and over 70 were injured has concluded that the crash was the result of a points failure caused by their unsafe condition. It concluded that there were failures of inspection and/or maintenance of the points and confirmed that no blame was attached to the driver.

Rickmansworth industrial action

20 Jul 2010Seventy-seven tube train drivers, members of ASLEF, took strike action for 24 hours on 20 July after one of their number – a driver with a 33 year unblemished record - was unfairly dismissed from train driving.

ASLEF backs Diane Abbott for Labour leadership

15 Jul 2010Having heard from all five of Labour’s leadership hopefuls the ASLEF Executive Committee today (15th July) endorsed the candidature of Dianne Abbott as next Labour leader.

Heavy Haul industrial action suspended

7 Jul 2010Lengthy negotiations have taken place between ASLEF and Heavy Haul management and a proposed settlement to the dispute has been reached.

East Coast cuts London Glasgow trains

7 Jul 2010Although the currently government-owned East Coast has announced decisions to cut daily direct trains from Kings Cross to Glasgow from 13 to 2, ASLEF officer Nick Whitehead says the effect on our members, and services, is likely to be minimal.

Franchising: more lunacy for the collection

5 Jul 2010The taxpayer is to be presented with bills of £24 million because the award of two rail franchises has been delayed. Theresa Villiers admitted in Parliament last week that costs ‘arising from the delay to replacing franchises are estimated to be £6 million for Essex Tameside and £18 million for Greater Anglia’.

Budget cuts risk slump says union

22 Jun 2010The spending cuts announced in today’s budget (22nd June) will lead to hundreds of thousands of job losses and could cause severe damage to the economic recovery says train drivers’ union ASLEF.

Greater Anglia and Essex Thameside franchises should be run in public sector says union

21 Jun 2010Train drivers union ASLEF has expressed its regret at last week’s announcement (June 17th) by the Department for Transport that the re-franchising of the Greater Anglia and Essex Thameside franchises will be delayed until the end of this year and the autumn of next respectively to allow a review of Government franchising policy.