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RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: march 2016 :: RMTnews
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ollowing a massive RMT-led
campaign the board of
London TravelWatch have
opposed all of Govia
Thameslink Railways proposals
to shut or change opening
hours at ticket offices in
London.
GTR’s proposals would have
seen ticket office closures at 41
stations in the London
TravelWatch area and reducing
the hours at a further 14
stations.
Thousands of passengers
sent in RMT postcards in
opposition to the proposals.
The union also made direct
representations in writing and
at the Board meeting.
The union welcomed the
reprieve for the ticket offices
and is seeking urgent
clarification as to what the
next steps were and also what
the decision of Transport Focus
is for the 28 non-London Ticket
offices.
RMT has made clear that in
light of the decision by London
Travel Watch, GTR should drop
what the union has called
unworkable, unsafe and
unpopular proposals. The union
has also made it clear that the
fight goes on and will not stop
until the whole closure plan is
scrapped.
RMT general secretary Mick
Cash said that public
campaigning, led by RMT, had
secured a massive victory in
the on-going fight to stop
ticket office closures.
“However we still have a
long way to go and we must
keep the pressure on and Govia
Thameslink must now drop the
whole ill-conceived plan on all
routes both inside and outside
the London area.
“These plans are driven by
the desire to de-staff our
railways in the quest for profit
and would unleash a wave of
ticket office carnage across rail
franchises that are already seen
as the basket-cases of Britain’s
privatised railway network.#
“It is clear that Govia
couldn’t give two hoots about
passenger services, jobs and
safety and are prepared to milk
these routes for every single
penny that they can extract
regardless of what the
travelling public think of them.
“The voice of staff and the
travelling public has rung out
loud and clear through the
RMT campaign and the fight to
scrap the whole programme of
83 ticket office downgrades
and closures continues,” he
said.
CLOSING?
KEEP
YOUR
STATION
TICKET
OFFICE
Angmering
Barnham
Bexhill
Bognor Regis
Burgess Hill
Chichester
Crawley
Eastbourne
East Grinstead
Falmer
Hassocks
Hitchin
Horsham
Hove
OPEN
Huntingdon
King’s Lynn
Lancing
Letchworth Garden City
Lewes
Littlehampton
Polegate
Portslade
Reigate
Royston
Sandy
Shoreham-by-Sea
St Neots
Worthing
CLOSING?
KEEP
YOUR
STATION
TICKET
OFFICE
Alexandra Palace
Ashtead
Balham
Battersea Park
Carshalton
Carshalton Beeches
Caterham
City Thameslink
(Holborn)
City Thameslink
(Ludgate Hill)
Coulsdon South
Cricklewood
Denmark Hill
Dorking
Elstree &
Borehamwood
Enfield Chase
Epsom
Flitwick
Gipsy Hill
Gordon Hill
Harpenden
Hatfield
Hertford North
Horley
Hornsey
Leagrave
Leatherhead
Loughborough JCT
Luton Airport Parkway
Merstham
Mill Hill Broadway
New Barnet
Norbury
Oxted
Palmers Green
Peckham Rye
Potters Bar
Purley
OPEN
Queens Rd Peckham
Radlett
Sanderstead
Selhurst
South Croydon
Stevenage
Streatham
Streatham Common
Streatham Hill
Sutton
Tooting
Thornton Heath
Tulse Hill
Wallington
Wandsworth Common
Welwyn Garden City
West Hampstead
West Norwood
Winchmore Hill
TICKET OFFICE
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