Mick Lynch calls consultation on railway ticket office closures a ‘sham’

Shutting most in England will leave network where people will not want to travel once the sun's gone down', RMT leader tells MPs

The closure of ticket offices in England will lead to a railway where people will not want to travel once the sun's gone down", the union leader Mick Lynch has told MPs, describing the recent consultation as a sham".

Speaking to the Commons transport select committee, the general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, said the government was trying to force through job cuts and it was nonsense" to suggest ticket office staff would be redeployed.