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A crane lifts the train carriage over the roof from where it was lying across two platforms at Potters Bar station north of London. Picture date: May 14, 2002
RAIL regulators share RMT’s concerns about Network Rail’s plan to “modernise” the industry by slashing thousands of safety-critical jobs, the transport union said today.
Following a meeting with the Office of Rail and Road, general secretary Mick Lynch slammed the state-run infrastructure maintenance firm’s proposals as a “catastrophe waiting to happen.”
The union, which is currently consulting its members on Network Rail’s latest pay offer, has repeatedly warned that plans to meet £400 million of Tory government-mandated cost savings are a “serious safety threat.”
The HS2 debacle exposes what happens when public infrastructure is handed to private contractors – especially when set against China’s state-led high-speed rail success, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
