PM says closing railway #ticketoffices is ‘right thing for British public’

It’s absolutely the WRONG thing. #outoftouch #Tories

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/pm-says-closing-railway-ticket-offices-is-right-thing-for-british-public-356765/

Unions urge ‘final push’ to save #England’s #rail #TicketOffices

Public consultation on cost-cutting plans ends on Friday [Today], as drivers strike again over jobs and pay
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/01/save-rail-ticket-offices-england-unions-striike

[Links to 'consultations' - https://www.rmt.org.uk/campaigns/rail/save-ticket-offices/ ]

‘This is about your safety’
Crescendo for the campaign to keep UK rail ticket offices open.
| Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/this-is-about-your-safety
#TicketOffices #UKRail

"Only ten percent of tickets are sold at stations". There are 110 million tickets sold overall, meaning 10 million are sold at stations
Lying with percentages

#trains #tickets #ticketoffices #trainstationticketoffices
https://www.transportfocus.org.uk/train-station-ticket-office-consultation/

Rail firms admit elderly and disabled at risk of crime if #ticketoffices close

Documents written by the rail companies themselves lay bare the true impact of the railway ticket office closures on disabled, elderly and vulnerable passengers

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/rail-firms-admit-elderly-disabled-30801357

Train companies in #UK are proposing to close #TicketOffices. This will make life so much harder for vulnerable people, those with disabilities and the elderly.

#Railways are for everyone, and people should be put before profit. Have your say by emailing the address for your local stations train company at the link below.

https://www.transportfocus.org.uk/train-station-ticket-office-consultation/

#ActNow #UKRailways #Trains

I've just emailed train operators in England, telling them to keep our ticket offices open! Can you join in too on @organisehq? https://the.organise.network/campaigns/email-train-operators-ticket-office-closures-england?utm_campaign=bjFiRs3ZtV&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share
#uk #trains #ticketOffices

One thing that hasn't been mentioned (I think) in the UK #TicketOffices closure discussion is the idea of extending their functions.
Example.
On a recent trip to Liverpool we had to come back by bus. No National Express office in the city. Why not add the function (with adequate staffing) at Lime Street station.
Could also add tourist office functions like accommodation.

Update, 26 July 2023: Consultation on mass closure of railway station ticket offices in England has been extended to 1 September.

The RMT union has a campaign page with links to submit a template email to each of the railway companies.

https://www.rmt.org.uk/campaigns/rail/save-ticket-offices/

#SaveTicketOffices
#TicketOfficeClosures
#TicketOffices
#Railways

Ticket office closures: disabled people launch a legal challenge
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2023/07/20/disabled-people-launch-a-legal-challenge-against-the-tories-ticket-office-closures/

#TicketOffices
#Disabled
#ABC
#Accessability
#LeighDay
#Leadbetter
#Paulley
#Blind
#RailwaysAct2005

"Section 29 of the Railways Act 2005 sets out a very clear and detailed process which must be followed if a train operating company proposes to close a station or any part of a station. That process has simply not been followed in this instance. It requires a 12-week consultation."

-Andy Burnham. Guardian, 18 July, via archive.org.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230718163416/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/18/labour-mayors-legal-action-train-ticket-office-closures-england

#TicketOffices
#Railways

Five mayors set to take legal action against rail office closures -Good

#ticketoffices #railways

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/andy-burnham-huw-merriman-government-london-waterloo-london-euston-b2377048.html

#railways
#TicketOffices
#RMT
The plans to close almost all station ticket offices is a backward and discriminatory step.
Here's a petition.
https://www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/cut-their-profits-not-our-ticket-offices

Train ticket office closures: the thin end of the accessibility wedge
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2023/07/12/more-evidence-emerges-that-closing-train-ticket-offices-is-the-thin-end-of-a-disastrous-wedge-for-disabled-people/

#Train
#TicketOffices
#Disabled

Petition: Require train operators keep ticket offices and platform staff at train stations [in England]

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/636542

15 July 2023: UKgov has "responded" to the petition. Its "response" is as egregious, disingenuous & inflammatory as you'd expect from a malicious & failing government.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/636542?reveal_response=yes

If a UK citizen or resident, please sign the petition and write to Transport Focus.

"Consultation" (barely any time to consult) closes on 26 July.

#TicketOffices
#Railways

Ticket Office closures – the truth behind the spin
https://julianvaughan.blog/2023/07/09/ticket-office-closures-the-truth-behind-the-spin/
>On the 5th of July, the Rail Delivery Group announced a 21-day consultation exercise regarding their proposals to close just short of 1,000 ticket offices across the country. In their rush to push …

#railways #uk #TicketOffices #ticketofficeclosures #staffing

RT @DisabledGreens
There are many digitally excluded people, especially in the disabled community.

They are ignored. The decision to shut #railway #ticketoffices just reduces our world that little bit more. https://twitter.com/drfrancesryan/status/1675790664569692160