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Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Perhaps searching for good strap lines on local <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> leaflets, Mark Harper (<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Tory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tory</span></a> transport secretary) has stepped into to tell train operators they cannot (as part of cost-cutting proposals) close <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TicketOffices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TicketOffices</span></a>. </p><p>Pressure gorups have received over 750k communications on this issue of which 99% were apparently opposed to the shouting of ticket offices.</p><p>Given the also increasingly apparent issue for <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> passengers &amp; thus likely legal challenge, the UTurn now seemed inevitable!</p>
Michael<p>PM says closing railway <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ticketoffices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ticketoffices</span></a> is ‘right thing for British public’ </p><p>It’s absolutely the WRONG thing. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/outoftouch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outoftouch</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tories</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/pm-says-closing-railway-ticket-offices-is-right-thing-for-british-public-356765/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thelondoneconomic.com/politics</span><span class="invisible">/pm-says-closing-railway-ticket-offices-is-right-thing-for-british-public-356765/</span></a></p>
Michael<p>Rail firms admit elderly and disabled at risk of crime if <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ticketoffices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ticketoffices</span></a> close </p><p>Documents written by the rail companies themselves lay bare the true impact of the railway ticket office closures on disabled, elderly and vulnerable passengers</p><p><a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/rail-firms-admit-elderly-disabled-30801357" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mirror.co.uk/news/politics/rai</span><span class="invisible">l-firms-admit-elderly-disabled-30801357</span></a></p>
CheaslyChorbert<p>Take action in August to save railway station ticket offices in England from mass closure!</p><p>New: Join rail workers and local communities outside railway stations in England in a week of action, 9-16 August 2023.</p><p>The RMT union is compiling a list of station actions:</p><p><a href="https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/events/save-our-ticket-offices/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rmt.org.uk/news/events/save-ou</span><span class="invisible">r-ticket-offices/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SaveTicketOffices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTicketOffices</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/TicketOfficeClosures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TicketOfficeClosures</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/TicketOffices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TicketOffices</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Railways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Railways</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a></p>
CheaslyChorbert<p>Update, 26 July 2023: Consultation on mass closure of railway station ticket offices in England has been extended to 1 September.</p><p>The RMT union has a campaign page with links to submit a template email to each of the railway companies.</p><p><a href="https://www.rmt.org.uk/campaigns/rail/save-ticket-offices/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rmt.org.uk/campaigns/rail/save</span><span class="invisible">-ticket-offices/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SaveTicketOffices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTicketOffices</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/TicketOfficeClosures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TicketOfficeClosures</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/TicketOffices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TicketOffices</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Railways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Railways</span></a></p>
Michael<p>Five mayors set to take legal action against rail office closures -Good</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/ticketoffices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ticketoffices</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/railways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>railways</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/andy-burnham-huw-merriman-government-london-waterloo-london-euston-b2377048.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/uk/andy</span><span class="invisible">-burnham-huw-merriman-government-london-waterloo-london-euston-b2377048.html</span></a></p>
CheaslyChorbert<p>The RMT union has set up a useful campaign page with links and a template letter for each of the railway companies re: UKgov's horrendous and hasty plan to close railway station ticket offices in England. </p><p><a href="https://www.rmt.org.uk/campaigns/rail/save-ticket-offices/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rmt.org.uk/campaigns/rail/save</span><span class="invisible">-ticket-offices/</span></a></p><p>The consultation closes on 26 July.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/TicketOffices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TicketOffices</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Railways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Railways</span></a></p>
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