All news on the topic: Railways

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Watch the Mirror’s Save Our Ticket Offices rally live as we fight railway cull
The Mirror is hosting an online event to fight railway ticket office closures TODAY at 5pm. You can watch live on this page or our YouTube channel
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Tories told to come clean as whistleblower admits ticket office cull about costs
Ministers have insisted the changes are being made to free up railway station staff so they can help passengers, but the Mirror can reveal it's really a cost-saving plan
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Tory Rail Minister's own constituents warn ticket office cull will be disastrous
Bexhill in East Sussex where Huw Merriman is the MP is one of 974 railway stations across England where the ticket office is set for the chop under the controversial plans
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Guide Dogs charity signs up to Mirror's Save Our Ticket Offices rally
The Save Our Ticket Offices online rally will be live on The Mirror website and our YouTube channel at 5pm on Thursday as we fight the plan to shut counters at 974 railway stations
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Rally against rail ticket office cull on PM's doorstep as 400,000 respond
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) said it will take the fight to Downing Street with a large protest outside No10 on August 31
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Russian rail station hit by drone attack after Ukrainians vow revenge
A major railway station in Russia was hit today by a suspected Ukrainian kamikaze drone strike, as Russia said this was one of three areas drones had struck on Sunday, forcing two of Moscow’s airports to divert flights
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Beautiful Cotswolds village such a secret Google forgot to add it to maps
In 1849 Queen Victoria was on a steam train which passed through Chalford – which she described in her diary as “the very pretty and picturesque valley of Stroud, which is full of manufacturers scattered about.”
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Homeowners 'forced to change work hours' as train station 'not built in time'
Plans for Beam Park Station have been in development since 2002 but residents in Thames Riverside Opportunity area still can't get a train into the heart of London
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Rail chief warns machines can't sell 1 in 4 tickets amid station office cull
Mick Whelan raised fears that safety is being taken for granted as he suggested rail workers and passengers will be more at risk in empty and unstaffed stations
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Around a quarter of railway station staff face the axe under controversial plans
Leaders at the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport workers have warned that almost a quarter of rail station workers could face losing their jobs under new plans backed by Tories
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Young girl dices with death as dad let's her play on tracks at level crossing
Railway bosses have shared horrifying CCTV footage showing Brits risking their lives on level crossings with a teenager filmed doing one-armed press-ups in another shocking clip
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Real terms pay cuts of 9% fuel wave of strikes with more days lost than in 1980s
An estimated 3.9 million working days have been lost to industrial action in the past year - more than at any point since the 1980s, according to research by the Resolution Foundation think tank
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'Rishi Sunak and Tories will pay a high election price for going off the rails'
The Tories have once again showed themselves up to be hopelessly out of touch with the public with their insistence on shutting railway station ticket offices
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Tory cull of rail ticket offices backed by just 21% as passengers demand rethink
A Mirror poll, conducted by Redfield & Wilton, found only one in five people are in favour of plans by train companies to shut ticket counters at 974 railway stations in England
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Hypocrite Tory minister tries to stop railway ticket office closures in own town
Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick has slammed the proposal to shut ticket offices at his local railway stations despite it being pushed through by his own Government
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Beach built in middle of landlocked county away from sea takes you back in time
At Blists Hill Victorian Town you’d be forgiven for believing you’d been transported a century back in time to the sandy English coast - in reality I am in Telford
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'Tories must ban XL Bully dogs before more innocent kids are savaged to death'
'Refusing to ban the dangerous XL Bully dog breed is unforgivable after their savage attacks - once again the Tory government is on the wrong side of public opinion'
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Mick Lynch warns Tories will pay price unless they ditch rail ticket office cull
The general secretary of the RMT said the boarded up ticket offices at train stations will be a permanent reminder of the Government's "vandalism" of the industry if closures go ahead
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Fury over HS2's contract with Fujitsu as 'project is coming off the rails'
HS2 is spending £1million with Fujitsu, which was mired in controversy after it which built a faulty IT system that ruined the lives of hundreds of Post Office workers
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Pensioners attack 'completely mad' plans to shut railway station ticket offices
Older people will be forced off trains and confined to their homes if proposals to close station counters are given the green light, warn campaigners
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Rail station ticket office closures 'would discriminate against the elderly'
The National Pensioners' Convention fears the bid to shut hundreds of station counters will thwart OAPs' attempts to travel by train
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Even Tory Transport Secretary's aide says rail plans are wrong
The Tory MP Simon Jupp said in a letter the closures should not be 'used as an excuse to cut staffing hours and resources' and told a major train company to 're-think' proposals
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Passengers face railway chaos as workers strike - full list of affected services
Thousands of members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union are walking out for the day in a dispute over pay and working conditions, leading to a widespread cancellation of services
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We've got five extra weeks to protest crazy closure plan for rail ticket offices
Ticket office staff won't be redeployed on platforms like the rail firms claim, says Paul Routledge
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Tanni Grey-Thompson warns disabled people are being driven off railways
The Paralympics legend accused railway bosses of being 'disingenuous' by claiming that plans to shut 974 ticket offices across England may actually help disabled passengers