Monday 20 June 2022 02:04 AM End of the line for ticket offices? Passengers would have to book train trips ... trends now
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Every railway ticket office in England could close under plans to save £500million a year, it was reported yesterday.
Passengers would have to book online under proposals by the industry to 'repurpose' the country's 980 remaining offices.
This would badly affect millions of elderly, disabled and disadvantaged passengers, warned the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association.
The union said it was seeking an urgent meeting with Transport Secretary Grant Shapps over the report and previous rumours about closures. General secretary Manuel Cortes said losing ticket offices 'will simply make more members vote for strike action'.
Last week Mr Shapps said that one in eight train tickets are sold over the counter.
