The UK Train Drivers' Union. Promoted by ASLEF, 77 St John Street, London EC1M 4NN.
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ASLEF is proud to support this demonstration of unity in Birmingham on Sunday.
Bring your colleagues, family and friends and join us there 👇
✊WEST MIDLANDS AGAINST RACISM ✊
Birmingham TUC supports the Unity March & Rally! Stand shoulder-to-shoulder to bring our communities together against hate.
🗓️ Sun 4th Oct | 1pm
📍 Victoria Square, Birmingham
Solidarity! ✊❤️
#WestMidlandsAgainstRacism #BrumSolidarity
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Rail freight, rolling stock, public ownership: big ASLEF wins at Labour Party Conference.
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The ORR estimates that Network Rail could face £2.3 billion of additional pressures over a five-year period.
Meanwhile, leasing trains from private ROSCOs saw £2.9 billion funnelled out of the railway in profits and dividends in the last five years alone!
Our latest assessments show that Network Rail is exceeding its efficiency targets, but rising costs and reduced financial headroom are increasing pressure on renewals.
Read our latest blog: orr.gov.uk/search-news/netwo…
ALT Quote by Will Godfrey, director of economics, finance and markets: ORR’s latest assessments show that Network Rail is exceeding its efficiency targets, but rising costs and reduced financial headroom are increasing pressure on renewals.
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Spot on from @ASLEFunion 📣
“That’s why we say it’s time we owned our own trains – to get our money back on track, not seeing it leave the station to move offshore, and to get Britain moving on the right lines again.”
labouroutlook.org/2026/09/26…
#Lab26
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The Secretary of State for Transport has just announced the future of rolling stock on our railways.
ROSCOs have taken £2.9 billion out of the railway in profits and dividends in the last five years.
All new rolling stock should be publicly owned. It's time to Own Our Trains.
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Andy Burnham is right: it’s time for ordinary people to take back control.
Control of the services we all rely on is critical to get the country back on track.
It will take all of us together to do it. True public ownership for people, not profit.
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With DB Cargo UK up for sale, Labour Party Conference has backed ASLEF's campaign for a secure, publicly owned rail freight sector.
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The government will explore whether the
public can directly own the new trains ordered under
Great British Railways 👏
Trains are currently leased from private companies at huge cost.
Let's keep the money on the track, not send it
offshore.
It's time to Own Our Trains.
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The Tories took the chance for ordinary working people to learn away. Now it's coming back.
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ASLEF General Secretary Dave Calfe on the return of the Union Learning Fund:
'The Tories took the chance for ordinary working people to learn away. Now Labour is bringing it back. It’s the right thing to do for workers, for unions and for Britain.'
➡️ aslef.org.uk/news/aslef-appl…
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Avanti West Coast will be brought into public ownership 👏
A railway run for people, not profit.
Enough is enough.
For years, people have been expected to put up with Avanti’s cancellations, delays, overcrowding, and a service that has failed them time and time again.
So my Labour government is bringing Avanti West Coast into public ownership at the earliest opportunity in March next year.
That means passengers, not shareholders, will come first.
More investment, fewer delays, and a renewed focus on getting the basics right.
We're putting essential services back in public hands and building a railway that actually works for the people who use it.
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Train operating companies: coming into public ownership ✅
Next stop: publicly owned rolling stock.
It’s time to Own Our Trains.
ALT Labour MP holds up a placard of a train saying ‘Own Our Trains’.
ALT Labour MP holds up a placard of a train saying ‘Own Our Trains’.
ALT Labour MP holds up a placard of a train saying ‘Own Our Trains’.
ALT Labour MP holds up a placard of a train saying ‘Own Our Trains’.
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“Absolutely disgusting.”
Parents reacted with boos and jeers after a Reform-run council in South Tyneside voted to close 10 nurseries.
The publicly owned South Tyneside Accredited Network for Learning in the Early Years (Stanley) provides affordable, quality childcare and employs over 100 people.
Working parents will now only have the option to use private nursery providers of variable price and quality, Mark Wilson of the GMB union told the BBC in June.
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ASLEF has a proud history of championing the rights of trans women and non-binary people.
That’s why our Annual Assembly of Delegates voted to boycott the Labour Party’s Women’s Conference this year, due to trans women being excluded from attending.
Solidarity.
Incredible joint union solidarity event this morning. All 11 unions standing together with the trans and non-binary community.
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Incredible joint union solidarity event this morning. All 11 unions standing together with the trans and non-binary community.
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Joint Statement from National TULO - Labour's 11 affiliated unions.
Solidarity with the trans and non-binary community.
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This is brilliant news - public ownership, not just public control. This is an incredible route for London’s buses.
A new chapter for London’s buses.
I’m launching Buses for London with @TfL - the capital’s publicly owned bus company. Starting with Route 6 in 2027, we’ll reinvest profits into better services, safer journeys and a greener network.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck5y…
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The recent Department for Transport post on battery-electric trains, coupled with the recent order for TPE, is a worrying indicator as to where the Rolling Stock and Infrastructure Strategy is headed.
Battery-electric trains aren't a viable solution for freight.
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Have you seen this? facebook.com/share/1LNM6gAmh… @transportgovuk only seems to have posted it on Facebook... Wonder why. @NoelDolphin
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For example: on the West Coast Main Line, a diesel Class 66 slows down to 25mph over Shap summit, and a bi-mode Class 88 down to 48mph.
Two fully electric Class 90 trains can run in tandem at 75mph.
Only full electrification will deliver for both passengers and freight.
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Battery electric trains aren’t as efficient, are more expensive and have a greater environmental cost.
Full electrification is the way forward. We've already started - it needs finishing throughout Britain.
Read more here: aslef.org.uk/RailFreightFutu…
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