Rail union RMT today challenged the Government to come clean over the real reasons for a three year delay in crucial rail fleet replacement programmes, delays that are both unnecessary and which continue to threaten the future of the UK train building industry.
From General Secretary Bob Crow
Dear Colleagues,
The website Rail.Co are running an online poll on RMT’s demand that in light of West Coast Main Line fiasco the Thameslink Fleet deal with Siemens be cancelled and awarded to Bombardier in Derby
You can add your vote here.
RAIL UNION RMT today demanded that the Government call a halt to the 18 month long saga of the Siemens/Thameslink fleet contract after it emerged that it has been stitched together by the same group of Ministers and Government officials responsible for the collapse of the West Coast main line franchising deal.