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07/03/2005
RMT launches campaign to renationalise railways
The Rail Maritime and Transport Union has announced plans to campaign to renationalise the UK's railways in the run-up to the expected general election.
The specialist transport trade union have said that the 'Rail Against Privatisation' campaign will include a national mobile demonstration and march in cities from Glasgow to London between April 16 and April 30.
The RMT said that the campaign would highlight the benefits for voters of renationalisation, in terms of taxpayer expenditure, the environment, congestion and transport planning.
The union claims that a series of studies, reports and events will demonstrate the positive benefits of "reversing the costly and disaster prone Tory privatisation in the 1990s".
Bob Crow General Secretary of RMT said: “The campaign aims to persuade the government that public ownership of the railways will provide a better deal for travellers, taxpayers and the public generally. Public ownership will allow proper transport planning to cope with increased demand for travel due to new developments and the need to reduce road traffic to get cleaner air."
However, the Department of Transport said that a public railway system was not affordable – a spokesman said that it would cost "billions of pounds".
(KMcA/SP)
The specialist transport trade union have said that the 'Rail Against Privatisation' campaign will include a national mobile demonstration and march in cities from Glasgow to London between April 16 and April 30.
The RMT said that the campaign would highlight the benefits for voters of renationalisation, in terms of taxpayer expenditure, the environment, congestion and transport planning.
The union claims that a series of studies, reports and events will demonstrate the positive benefits of "reversing the costly and disaster prone Tory privatisation in the 1990s".
Bob Crow General Secretary of RMT said: “The campaign aims to persuade the government that public ownership of the railways will provide a better deal for travellers, taxpayers and the public generally. Public ownership will allow proper transport planning to cope with increased demand for travel due to new developments and the need to reduce road traffic to get cleaner air."
However, the Department of Transport said that a public railway system was not affordable – a spokesman said that it would cost "billions of pounds".
(KMcA/SP)
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