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Cuts to rail funding increases risk of serious crash, union warns
04.05.2022 - 08:37 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Rail funding cuts will increase the risk of serious train crashes, trade unions have claimed.
A report by the Trade Unions Congress (TUC) stated that Network Rail plans to slash its annual expenditure by £100 million, mainly through the loss of 2,500 maintenance jobs. The union organisation believes it is “impossible” to make such cuts without losing “safety-critical jobs”.
It also warned that train timetables will be reduced as the Treasury has ordered the Department for Transport (DfT) to bring down its annual budget by 10 percent. The TUC’s report said: “These cuts threaten essential services and maintenance, and increase the risk of the types of accidents that marked the first decades of privatised rail.”
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Britain’s railways were hit by a series of deadly crashes in the years after train operation was privatised in the mid-1990s. These included accidents at Southall, west London in September 1997; Ladbroke Grove, west London in October 1999; Hatfield, Hertfordshire in October 2000; and Potters Bar, Hertfordshire in May 2002.
Infrastructure maintenance was the responsibility of private firm Railtrack during this period. The company was replaced by public sector body Network Rail in October 2002.
TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady said: “We all want good transport links for our community, with frequent, safe, reliable and affordable trains. But if the Network Rail cuts go ahead it will mean the loss of safety-critical jobs and a greater risk of serious accidents like Stonehaven, Potters Bar and Hatfield. Ministers must not risk passenger safety through funding cuts to Network Rail.”
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