Mick Lynch – 2022 Comments on the Carmont Tragedy

The comments made by Mick Lynch, the General Secretary of the RMT, on 12 August 2022.

We are extremely concerned that Network Rail is dragging its feet dangerously on key safety recommendations following the Carmont Rail Tragedy.

In fact, instead of focusing on improving rail safety, it is proposing to make matters even worse by cutting thousands of safety critical jobs across the network.

Our railways do not need safety cuts which will make it more likely tragedies like Carmont will happen again.

Network Rail needs to act on safety recommendations and swiftly reverse its safety critical jobs cull.