THE Greens are seeing red after paid political ads across trains were pulled.

The party have accused the NSW Government of censorship after the $21,000 ad campaign, which featured ads on the side of Sydney’s trains, was removed.

The ads would have run in the lead up to the July 2 Federal election but the plan was rejected by Transport NSW.

The transport body said the ads featuring the phrase “Public Transport, Not Toll Roads” went against political advertising requirements, the ABC reported.

According to the requirements, political advertising should not be contentious.

Greens MP David Shoebridge said he was at a loss to explain how this was the case.

“Well surely, if you are talking about ads on Sydney trains promoting public transport, it can’t be contentious,” he said.

A new campaign which featured the slogan “Vote for public transport, Vote Greens” was then approved but taken down a day later.

Transport Minister Andrew Constance told the ABC questioned remained over whether the new ads fit the guidelines and that decision was under review by his department.

The ad furore comes as the Greens will today unveil a plan for $25 billion in public transport funding over 10 years.