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Rail unions strive to avert new walkouts
Talks start on ticket office closures, but war of words goes on

by Conrad Landin

Industrial Reporter

UNIONS opened talks yesterday in a bid to avoid strikes on Britain’s worst-performing railway over bosses’ plans for booking office closures.

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