Join the Save Our Ticket Offices rally with Tanni Grey-Thompson, Mick Lynch and Andy Burnham

The Mirror is hosting an online event to fight the closure of rail ticket offices on Thursday August 24 at 5pm. You can watch live on this page or on our social networks

Paralympic legend Tanni Grey-Thompson will take part in a special online Mirror event (

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Tanni Grey-Thompson, Mick Lynch and Andy Burnham will take part in a special online Mirror event to fight rail ticket office closures.

Train bosses want to close ticket offices at 974 stations across England. The Mirror is leading efforts to end the closures, which will particularly affect the elderly, vulnerable and disabled.

We are hosting a Save Our Ticket Offices gathering on Thursday, August 24 at 5 p.m. You can watch it live on this page or on the Mirror's YouTube, Facebook and Twitter channels. Guest speakers will include the Paralympic legend, the RMT leader and the Mayor of Greater Manchester Underground.

RMT boss Mick Lynch will also speak at the Mirror event (

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Time is running out for passengers to have a say in eliminating ticketing. Members of the public have until September 1 to comment on the proposals. Our online event will take place one week before the deadline.

Speakers will explain why they want to stop the shutdowns and how Mirror readers can get involved. Baroness Grey-Thompson, who is one of Britain's greatest Paralympic athletes, has warned that people with disabilities are being pushed out of the railways.

She accused train bosses of being 'dishonest' in saying closing offices might actually help disabled passengers. The peer, who regularly travels by train around the country, says that in reality the attitude of companies is "we don't care".

Mr. Lynch, whose union RMT represents many railway workers, warned that the closures could result in up to 2,300 job losses. He says cuts of this magnitude will have "horrific consequences for the safety and accessibility of our stations".