Neil Moors- Registered: 3 Feb 2016
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This was covered on the Today program this morning. The plan seems to be that ticket offices will close, to be replaced by general staff who will be able to assist with purchasing tickets (presumably from a machine). They won't be sat behind a glass screen type thing. I guess a bit like the departure platform at St Pancras.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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Nothing like Neil
It's purely a cost cutting exercise
Stations will become even more less attractive
Usage will go down
Disabled will lose out again
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Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
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Keith Sansum1 wrote:It's purely a cost cutting exercise
Wrong.
But by the time you've worked out what it is, it will already have happened.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Weird
Your wrong this time Lol
Today chaotic on trains
Overfilled
Cancelled then after sending everyone to plat 2 then reintroduced service so back to plat one
I was lucky I had no luggage
Need staff on stations
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Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
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You have no idea. Still.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Oh I do !!!
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Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
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Southeastern on Sevenoaks station using magic to trial a new rubbish disposal system. Seems to work.
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Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
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Ticket office closure plan scrapped.
Planned binning of London Travelcards scrapped last week.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67263931Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
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Amidst today's chaos at Dover Priory (coz people on the line at... Grove Park) it's good to know that someone has his eye on the best kept station award.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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It is a shame looking at some station tracks where near tree size weeds are growing .
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Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
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Lower train fares coming? Or perhaps not!
https://www.orr.gov.uk/search-news/pr24-hs1-draft-determination-press-release
The regulator has proposed lower charges for passenger trains which use the High Speed 1 line from London St Pancras to the Channel Tunnel, and halving charges to freight.
Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
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It's not that bad now - the Other Half has just booked a return ticket to Manchester via St Pancras and Euston for £66 with a Senior Railcard. Not as good as Two Together a few years back at £21/head, but still not bad.
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