Tag: NI Rail
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Department for Infrastructure infection control recommendation for facemasks to be worn on public transport must be made compulsory
Clarity needed that services on cross-border bus and rail routes will adopt same approach to infection control either side of border Adequate funding for additional public transport services to facilitate social distancing needed from Finance Minister Conor Murphy Davy Thompson, Unite Deputy Regional Secretary, welcomed today’s recommendation by the Department for Infrastructure that those using…
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If NI Executive is serious about social inclusion, rural access and addressing climate challenge, proper funding for public transport is essential
Departmental warning over future collapse of Translink, Northern Ireland’s public transport provider, reflects consequences of long-term underfunding Collapse of Translink would leave swathes of Northern Ireland without public transport and would spike carbon emissions through forcing a return to the car Unite Regional Coordinating Officer for public transport, Davy Thompson called on the Stormont Executive…
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More support and greater security needed to prevent harassment of public transport workers
Female conductor was subjected repeatedly to physical and sexual harassment by drunken passengers Those responsible for abusive harassment of public transport workers must face full weight of the law Unite Regional Officer Davy Thompson called on Translink to provide more support for its frontline staff after the latest incident where a female conductor was subjected…
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Translink workers stand ready to defend public transport services against impact of austerity cuts
Northern Ireland’s public transport faces a ‘perfect storm’ between private sector cherry-picking of profitable routes and chronic underfunding Union seeks urgent meeting with Translink management and Department for Infrastructure officials to identify status of threat to bus routes January 23rd: Davy Thompson, Regional Coordinating Officer for Unite the union in Northern Ireland warned that any…
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Private sector cherry-picking of express bus routes threatens integrity of NI public transport
Public transport facing ‘perfect storm’ of threats as Hannon Coach targets profit-making bus routes across Northern Ireland License application will undermine cross-subsidisation model sustaining Northern Ireland’s public transport system January 11th: Unite the union’s Regional Secretary, Jackie Pollock, called on the Department of Infrastructure reject an application from County Antrim-based private sector Hannon Coach for…