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RMT union chief Mick Lynch has warned it would be a “great betrayal of passengers” on Tuesday if watchdogs back plans to close nearly every station ticket office in England.
Travel Focus and London TravelWatch are to present their highly anticipated viewpoints to train operators and the Department for Transport by October 31.
Mr Lynch said: “Around 750,000 passengers have responded to the consultation, making it the biggest-ever response to a public consultation, with 98 per cent of passengers who have responded opposing the closures.
“We know that watchdogs, rail companies and government have had behind closed doors discussions in recent weeks.
“It would be a great betrayal of passengers if the response to such widespread opposition to the closures was a stitch-up which still paves the way for ticket office closures and the loss, potentially, of thousands of railway station jobs.”
The general secretary urged the watchdogs and ministers to “listen to rail passengers” and abandon the job-cut plans to ensure passenger advice, accessibility and safety.
