LUL has said it will close Whitechapel ticket office from July 2014, due to Cross Rail construction work. This busy station, due to get much busier, will have it's essential ticket office removed under the cover of refurbishment for a major new line.
The RMT is campaigning against the closure of any ticket office, and against the loss of any job. The tube needs more workers, not fewer.
RMT steps up tube ticket office fight with focus on Whitechapel
TUBE UNION RMT today pledged to step up the fight to defend ticket offices on London Underground with an all-out battle over the threat to the service at Whitechapel in East London.
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Please take a few seconds to add your name to the petition to stop the closure of Whitechapel ticket office:
https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/london-underground-limited-stop-t...
With Crossrail coming to London next year, Whitechapel Underground station is undergoing a huge refurbishment, which will see the station serving thousands more customers each year. However, London Underground has announced that the completed station will have no ticket office.
RMT members recently protested outside Whitechapel Station. The East London Line which runs through Whitechapel has reopened, but this once publicly owned railway is now making profits for privateers. Whilst RMT welcomes the extension of the line, we want it brought back under government control as a public railway, where profit is fed back into the service.
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