2016-09-01 Package of measures announced to help improve resilience of Southern network (Department for Transport)

2016-09-01 GTR welcomes £20m improvement package (Govia Thameslink Railway)

2016-09-01 Passenger campaigners respond to Government's Southern rail announcement (Campaign for Better Transport/Association of British Commuters)

2016-07-11 Rail industry leaders back the latest steps by Southern to help passengers affected by disruption to services (Rail Delivery Group)

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date 1 September 2016
source RMT
type Press release

General Secretary Mick Cash said:

“This stinks of another multi-million pound taxpayer subsidy to bail out the failing Southern rail part of the Govia Thameslink franchise. If there’s money to prop up this private outfit why isn’t there cash available to make sure that the guards and safety are protected on their trains?

“ If this huge chunk of money was allocated to maintaining the safety-critical role and the jobs of the train guards on the Southern services we could have avoided the strike action that has been forced on us again next week by the penny-pinching, profiteering and intransigence of Southern/GTR.”

ENDS

Geoff Martin
07831 465 103

Railhub Archive ::: 2016-09-01 RMT-001