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Originally Posted by edwardmk
Yes. Dr Beeching saw to that. A great pity, but has to be seen in the context of the rail unions having too great a monopoly at the time. They regularly exercised that monopoly. Every year there was a demand for more pay. The strikes were often politically motivated in an attempt to make the government of the day look bad. It was a tragedy for the country and would indeed require massive investment to reverse the loss of rail infrastructure.
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they still strike for this and that. When is their next round of pay talks? I would expect them, not want them, to take industrial action.
What does a train driver get paid now adays, got a feeling it is good money, getting on for £50,000 and what is the national average? What ever they are paid pales into insignificance compared to some celebrities.
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