6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (319+ words) Avanti West Coast train drivers have secured a 3.6% pay rise and improvements to other payments, ending the threat of strike action. The deal was agreed between Avanti West Coast and drivers’ union ASLEF. It includes a 3.6% pay rise for drivers, which…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1775+ words) ALEX HYNES, DFTO chief executive, is responsible for 11,000 passenger services every day, and 37,000 employees. This is his only interview since taking the job nine months ago. He speaks to PAUL CLIFTON “It’s a tightrope we are walking most days,” says…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (862+ words) Drivers’ union ASLEF has launched a campaign to persuade government to commit to public ownership of all new rolling stock. It claims that, although upfront costs would be larger, this would provide long-term value for money for the taxpayer. For…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (616+ words) Traffic controllers on Canberra's light rail extension project have faced underpayments worth more than $20 a week while working for a subcontractor excluded from the project under the ACT's procurement system, a union says. The Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (315+ words) ASLEF renewed its calls for Scottish government to “reject the orthodoxy of a profiteering status quo” today as ScotRail renewed its fleet. The train drivers’ union spoke out after the Scottish government-owned operator announced it had entered the next phase…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (815+ words) Posted August 31, 2026 1:54 pm. Work on a pilot project at TMU Station is underway and the steel barriers at the centre of the safety initiative are already creating division. Toronto-St. Paul’s Councillor Josh Matlow, who previously called the waist-high barriers a…...

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2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (508+ words) The UK’s rail industry is witnessing a significant shift as Prime Minister Andy Burnham approves a substantial pay rise for train drivers on the critical London to Manchester route. This decision, the first major public sector wage deal of Burnham’s…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago   (586+ words) Andy Burnham has agreed to give train drivers on the country's key London to Manchester line a substantial pay rise amid concerns over potential strikes. In his first major public sector wage deal since becoming Prime Minister, Burnham has accepted…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (316+ words) Deal agreed between Avanti West Coast and Aslef is first to be approved by Burnham government Train drivers have secured a significant pay rise after the threat of strike action was floated on busy routes across the UK, including those…...