RAIL workers are going on the alert with the approach of the 10th anniversary of the July 7 2005 London bombings which killed 52 people — including four suicide bombers — and injured more than 700.

Transport union RMT has called for an end to cuts in vital staff such as guards.

General secretary Mick Cash said union reps would be meeting employers across rail, Tube and ferries on the operational situation.

“Once again the union will be raising with the employers the essential and safety-critical role that our members have to fulfill in terms of being the eyes and ears on our trains, the underground, buses and ferry services.

“They are also the pivotal factor in safe and efficient evacuation in the event of an alert being raised.

“There is no substitute for trained, experienced and organised staff in adequate numbers whether that be guards on our trains, station staff on rail and Tube and the rest of the ‎team who deliver the safety regime on our transport services.

“We now expect cuts to those staff numbers to be halted and reversed by London Underground and the train companies.”