Our April branch meeting will be held on Wednesday 24th April 2013 at Tony Benn House, Bristol, starting at 7pm.

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Wednesday 27th March 2013

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Our March branch meeting will be held on Wednesday 27th March 2013 at Tony Benn House, Bristol, starting at 7pm.

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BBC News: 21st March 2013

One person died when a train hit a car on a level crossing in Somerset.

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COME ALONG TO YOUR RMT BRISTOL BRANCH MEETING ...
19.00 hours - dates and locations as show below

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Our February branch meeting will be held on Monday 18th February 2013 at The King George VI, near Filton Abbey Wood station, starting at 7pm.

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The Railway: Keeping Britain on Track - BBC TV programme showing Tuesday 12th Feb at 9PM.

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Our January branch meeting will be held on Monday 14th January 2013 at Avon Fire Brigades Headquarters starting at 7pm.

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Our branch Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday 17th December 2012 at The Ship Inn, Redcliffe, starting at 7pm.

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BBC News: 29 November 2012

Work has begun to bring in more than 4,000 tonnes of earth to shore up a landslip on a rail line near Bristol.

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BBC News: 28 November 2012

Rail services between Birmingham and south-west England are disrupted after a landslip near Bristol.

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Our December branch meeting will be held on Monday 3rd December 2012 at Avon Fire Brigades Headquarters starting at 7pm.

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The November branch meeting, is a special meeting and will be held on Monday 19th November 2012.

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RMT General Secretary Bob Crow on Virgin West Coast contract. "This announcement is no surprise. The Government are ideologically opposed to public ownership of the railways and, in collusion with the private train operators, have stitched up a shabby deal that will enable them to rerun the whole franchise fiasco in a years time.

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Our October branch meeting will be held on Monday 15th October at The Ship Inn, Redcliffe starting at 7pm.

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THE COALITION ISN'T WORKING

THE ALTERNATIVE TO THE CUTS

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Our September branch meeting will be held on Monday 17th September at The Ship Inn, Redcliffe starting at 7pm.

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Monday 20th August 2012

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Morning Star 15 August 2012 by Tony Patey, Industrial Reporter

Rail privatisation descended deeper today into the messy hell predicted two decades ago as profit-chasers squabbled over the fate of the key West Coast main line franchise.

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The Mirror 15 Aug 2012

The Mirror's: political editor Jason Beattie's analysis

Among the worst legislation over the past 50 years, it is hard to top John Major’s Railways Act which came into force on April 1, 1994.

Defying all logic, responsibility for the tracks was handed to Railtrack, which soon went bust, and the trains to the train operating companies.

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The Mirror By Mark Ellis 15 Aug 2012

The Mirror can today reveal how the fat controllers of our privatised railways run a gravy train of profit – with ­passengers ripped off compared to our European neighbours.

As the latest rises send rail fares crashing through the buffers, we highlight how much more Brits are charged than those on the continent for similar-length journeys.

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The Guardian: By Toby Helm, 30 June 2012
Sweeping reform would begin with renationalisation of key routes and end franchising of services

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The Post June 22, 2012

A £100 MILLION bid to make Bristol's Metro rail dream a reality has gone to the Government.

Passenger trains from Bristol to Portishead and new stations in Horfield, Ashley Down and Saltford are among the items on the shopping list of transport leaders who have put the Greater Bristol Metro Rail bid together.

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Reuters Jun 21, 2012 By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent

Accused of irritating France and Russia, frustrating the United States and falling into a testy exchange with Argentina over the Falklands, David Cameron's G20 summit didn't go well.

As he returns from Mexico, the British prime minister is probably hoping to put the series of apparent diplomatic missteps behind him, but it may not be that easy.

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Morning Star: By Paddy McGuffin, Friday 15 June 2012
Derby workers at Britain's last train-building firm reflected today on the one-year anniversary of a £1.4 billion government contract sent abroad that put their future in doubt - and which still hasn't been signed.

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