Rail firm scraps revealing shirts

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A rail firm has scrapped plans to issue female staff with a uniform which was said to be too revealing.

National Express has said they will not have to wear the blouses as part of their new uniform on the East Coast line between London and Edinburgh.

The outfits were too thin making them virtually "see-through", said the Transport Salaried Staffs Association.

The new uniform will be released later this month but staff can still wear their old shirts.

They have now belatedly recognised that it would be undignified to ask females to wear see-through blouses in a busy buffet car Gerry Doherty General secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association Gerry Doherty said: "We are delighted that National Express has at last seen common sense on this issue.

"When we rightly raised the concerns of our female members last month, they dismissed those concerns as mischief-making.

"But they have now belatedly recognised that it would be undignified to ask females to wear see-through blouses in a busy buffet car."

A National Express spokesman said: "We have consulted with staff from the outset and we are pleased to be investing in our staff with this new uniform."