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National Rail Ticket Office, London St. Pancras International Station
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RAIL workers are to launch a nationwide campaign of resistance against plans to axe 1,000 ticket offices and thousands of jobs.
RMT says if the closures go ahead they will hit vulnerable travellers the most, including elderly and disabled people and foreign visitors who do not have English as their first language.
“Without ticket offices and on-station support, huge swathes of passengers could be excluded from the railways altogether,” the union warned.
EDDIE DEMPSEY explains why the RMT is calling for urgent action against assaults on staff and passengers on our public transport system
Our members face daily abuse, being spat at, sometimes even deadly assaults, and employers fail to take the issue seriously despite the increasing danger, writes RMT general secretary EDDIE DEMPSEY