9 August 2019
RMT Press Office:
RMT to hold series of protests on day rail fares increases is announced
Rail union RMT will holding a series of protests on Wednesday 14th August, the day that the increase in rail fares on Britain’s railways is announced.
In London a demonstration will take place at Kings Cross Station; other locations include Birmingham, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester and Bristol.
In total over 30 stations will see RMT activists and supporters calling for a publicly owned and nationally integrated railway, which is not focused on draining profits from the system, and would mean revenue could be reinvested in the network and make fares affordable for all.
Rail fare protests will be taking place at the following locations on Wednesday 14th August:
Basingstoke – 1630 - 1830
Birmingham New Street – 0730-0930
Birmingham Snow Hill – 1600-1800
Brighton – from 0700
Bristol Temple Meads – 0800 - 0900
Burton on Trent – 1600-1730 – THURSDAY 15th AUGUST
Cardiff Central – 0800 – 0900
Carlisle – 0630 – 0900
Chester – from 0700
Crewe – 0700 – 0900
Derby – 1600-1800
Dunfermline
Edinburgh Waverley, top of Market Street – 0800-0900
Euston
Falmer – from 1000
Hazel Grove – 0700 – 0930
Hove – from 1300
Inverkeithing
Kings Cross – 0730-1000
Kirkcaldy 0630-0830
Lancaster – 1600 - 1800
Leeds City, City Square Entrance – 0700 – 1000
Lewisham – from 0700
Liverpool Lime Street – 0700 – 0930
London Paddington – 0800 - 0900
Manchester Piccadilly – 0730 - 0930
Moorfields Station Merseyrail – 0700 – 0900
Perth
Wakefield Westgate – 0730 – 0900
Warrington Central – 0700 - 0900
Wolverhampton
Worthing – from 1700
RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said:
“RMT activists and supporters will be calling for our railways to be run as an affordable and accessible public service and not for private profit. Every year, millions of pounds are siphoned out of the system as private shareholder profit rather than being reinvested in the network.
“Only 10% of stations are fully staffed but yet UK passengers pay some of the highest fares in Europe.
“Thie increase announced this month will only serve to make the rail network less affordable and accessible for the travelling public. Privatisation is at odds with a sustainable rail network – we need a publicly owned and nationally integrated railway now.”
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