Workers Revolutionary Party RMT demonstration demanding a cut in rail fares not staff PRIVATISED rail profits have racked up 15 pence of every pound passengers paid on fares, transport union the RMT said yesterday on the day rail fares were raised by 2.6 per cent. New research by the RMT reveals that the private train operating and rolling stock companiesâ profits from last year stand to be equivalent to 15 pence of every pound passengers paid on fares during the same period. RMT is demanding an end to this shameless profiteering to allow all revenue profit to be reinvested in improving the rail network for passengers and ensuring a fair deal for rail workers.