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NINE unions and campaign organisations have united to fight rail ticket office cuts on LNER services from London King’s Cross to Edinburgh.
They warn that reductions in office opening hours will leave women and girls vulnerable to violence, affect passengers with disabilities, reduce security at stations and discourage passengers from using services.
The coalition, which includes rail unions RMT and TSSA, the Scottish and UK TUCs, the National Pensioners’ Convention, Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) and the End Violence Against Women Coalition, says that proposed cuts will see ticket offices at 13 major stations open later and shut earlier, in many cases leading to a significant reduction in opening hours.
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