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Comment on Union refuses to allow train services on new East West Rail line by Bruce LAMBERTON
['Roger Smith']
Comments for RailAdvent
The RMT has rejected plans by Chiltern Railways to operate train services on the new East West Rail line between Oxford and Milton Keynes as a Driver-Only Operation (DOO).
An East West Rail test train at Steeple Claydon.
// Credit: Network RailThe RMT has reiterated its long-standing opposition to DOO unless there is a second safety-critical member of staff on the train.
The union is demanding clear guarantees from Chiltern that its East West Rail services will include a mandatory requirement that there will be a second safety-critical member of staff on board, and the trains will not run as a Driver Only Operation.
Test train on East West Rail at Bletchley.