Manuel Cortes, leader of the TSSA rail union said rail passengers had already suffered enough above-inflation fare rises.

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The Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) will write to the Transport Select Committee to call for an inquiry into level crossings.

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The TSSA said its members voted by 72% in favour of strike action and about 88% backed the call for action short of a strike.

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Manuel Cortes, leader of the TSSA rail union, said the crash had been "entirely avoidable" and that the taxpayer would effectively "pick up the bill" for the fine.

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Manuel Cortes, leader of the TSSA transport workers' union, said the select committee report was "the clearest warning to ministers against going down the route of rationing rail travel by pricing passengers off trains through super peak-fare tickets".

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Ms Yeo, who is also the leader of the Labour group in Ashford, president of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA), and the vice-chair of Labour's National Executive Committee, said it would give "communities a real chance to engage and say how they want policing delivered in their areas".

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