LNER plans to cut ticket office opening hours at Berwick-upon-Tweed; Darlington; Doncaster; Durham; Edinburgh; Grantham; London King's Cross; Newark North Gate; Newcastle; Peterborough; Retford; Wakefield Westgate, and York train stations.
A letter from unions and campaign groups highlights the damaging implications of the move for safety and accessibility, and the fact that cutting opening hours is often a prelude to cutting jobs.
A public campaign of political pressure is vital. Workers must also be prepared to take industrial action to defend existing opening hours.