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A leafleting session outside Halifax train station this morning as part of the RMT day of action to save the ticket offices across the country
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PROTESTS against government plans to shut railway ticket offices across Britain escalated today, with demonstrations at more than 30 stations.
From Edinburgh to London and in other major cities including Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham, the demonstrations by rail union RMT were joined by members of trades councils, disability campaigners and passenger groups demanding that the closure proposals be dumped.
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