The RMT union is organizing a day of action on Thursday to protest against Network Rail's plans to cut £1.2 billion from the track and infrastructure renewals budget over the next five years, including the abolition of the Track Renewal Service. The union warns that these cuts pose a significant risk to passenger and worker safety. Activists from the RMT union are campaigning across various locations, including Truro, Edinburgh, Carlisle, Hull, Motherwell, Stourbridge Junction, and Worcester, informing the public and urging them to write to their MPs to express their concerns. The campaign, titled 'Rail Cuts Cost Lives', emphasizes the importance of maintaining and improving railway infrastructure, which they argue can only be achieved through increased investment rather than cuts.
Rail Cuts Cost Lives Campaign at Worcester today. @RMTunion has launched a campaign against dangerous government-driven cuts of over a billion pounds to Network Rail maintenance and infrastructure funding. Join our campaign: https://t.co/hVGtHwGMlv https://t.co/fXFunKmSN3
Rail Cuts Costs Lives: @RMTunion campaigning against reckless cuts to Network Rail's maintenance and infrastructure budget in Hull today. Join our campaign 👇 https://t.co/hVGtHwGMlv https://t.co/euU1ZQKdTp
I joined friends from @RMTunion at Stourbridge Junction this morning to let people know about #railcuts 💰£1.2 billion in funding cuts to renewals 🚧Abolition of Track Renewal Service 🛤️ Cuts to track maintenance & signalling ⚠️Serious safety risks increasing https://t.co/YqKcstYRSk
If you're out and about today you may well bump into some lovely @RMTunion members warning passengers of impending cuts to Network Rail's maintenance and infrastructure budget. ✍️ Please take the time to write to your MP and share your concerns. https://t.co/hVGtHwGMlv https://t.co/OscIMdVoWK
RAIL CUTS COST LIVES! A busy and productive spell at Motherwell Station this morning, raising public awareness of the potentially disastrous effects of cuts to rail infrastructure staffing and budgets! Get the word out! @RMT_Scotland @RMTunion @ScottishHazards https://t.co/fG8qTXpswG
Rail Cuts Cost Lives: @RMTunion campaigners in Carlisle this morning. ✍️ Join our campaign and write to your MP 👇 https://t.co/hVGtHwGMlv https://t.co/Y7X83tXb5v
Our railway infrastructure needs to be maintained and improved which can only happen by increasing investment, not cuts. @RMTunion campaigners at Edinburgh this morning warning of impending cuts to Network Rail's maintenance and infrastructure budgets. https://t.co/hVGtHwGMlv https://t.co/eAZMtTOp42
Rail Cuts Cost Lives. @RMTunion out in Truro this morning informing the public of the dangers posed by Network Rail's plans to cut funding to maintenance and infrastructure work. https://t.co/hVGtHwGMlv https://t.co/5ZbCOIzPqF
Rail Cuts Cost Lives! Today, @RMTunion is holding a day of action against Network Rail's plans to cut £1.2 billion over the next 5 years from the track and infrastructure renewals budget. Find out more about our campaign here: https://t.co/IeA2zSiseF https://t.co/wkfS5DU1Iu
Over the next five years Network Rail are planning £1.2bn cuts to track and infrastructure renewal work. This poses huge risk to passenger safety and worker safety. Tomorrow @RMTunion activists will be holding a day of action - show them your support. https://t.co/FggQgboDit
Network Rail jeopardises safety in cost cutting drive: @RMTunion will hold a day of action against cuts to railway maintenance, infrastructure and renewals work on Thursday. https://t.co/PP1L7i7lFE