Don't see the problem with closing ticket offices to be honest. Tickets can be bought online or at the machines in the station. Plenty of stations already don't have a ticket office and seem to function without problem.
I haven't been in a ticket office for years though, so maybe I'm missing something.
Your missing the facts.
1)unmanned stations are inherently more dangerous. An app on your phone for tickets is fuck all use if you are being mugged.
2)Not everyone is proficient in using technology especially the older people. If they close the ticket offices my mother for one will have to stop using the railways.
there are loads more but will start with those two
Not sure people sitting in a ticket office are going to do much about a mugging but perhaps I'm wrong.Your missing the facts.
1)unmanned stations are inherently more dangerous. An app on your phone for tickets is fuck all use if you are being mugged.
2)Not everyone is proficient in using technology especially the older people. If they close the ticket offices my mother for one will have to stop using the railways.
there are loads more but will start with those two
What about getting on the train without a ticket then and pay when the conductor comes or paying when you get off at your destination if there is someone there to take your payment? If there’s no one around it’s a free trip, bonus.Your missing the facts.
1)unmanned stations are inherently more dangerous. An app on your phone for tickets is fuck all use if you are being mugged.
2)Not everyone is proficient in using technology especially the older people. If they close the ticket offices my mother for one will have to stop using the railways.
there are loads more but will start with those two
they want rid of the conductors as wellWhat about getting on the train without a ticket then and pay when the conductor comes or paying when you get off at your destination if there is someone there to take your payment? If there’s no one around it’s a free trip, bonus.
Your missing the facts.
1)unmanned stations are inherently more dangerous. An app on your phone for tickets is fuck all use if you are being mugged.
2)Not everyone is proficient in using technology especially the older people. If they close the ticket offices my mother for one will have to stop using the railways.
there are loads more but will start with those two
Not sure people sitting in a ticket office are going to do much about a mugging but perhaps I'm wrong.
Most unmanned stations that I know have ticket machines which are fairly straightforward and my 85-year old mother has no problems with them. I do appreciate that it might be more difficult for them though if they aren't used to technology or they don't have someone to show them the ropes.
There are certainly plenty of stations around here that don't have ticket offices. They seem to manage ok. It's the way the world is going. Same with banks closing and having to use ATMs/apps etc.
Free rides for everyone thenthey want rid of the conductors as well
Free rides for everyone then
just say no signal app wouldnt work etcNot really. Loads of minimum wage agency staff everywhere issuing £100 penalty fares for anybody getting on a train without a ticket.