| NFR Petition against ticket office closures on 19:45 - Jul 7 with 1997 views | pioneer |
How come anywhere in London you can use tap and go on all forms of public transport but not outside London? (rhetorical question of course). | | |  |
| NFR Petition against ticket office closures on 20:46 - Jul 7 with 1937 views | Rodingdale |
Yes, but would those customers trade fewer cancellations, delays, overcrowded trains? It seems that the moment there is any change proposed, to the way services are delivered - there’s a negative reaction based on sentiment not data. No doubt I’ll be shouted down / insulted for using a word like data. I like to use the trains and would like to see the sector grow which would be good for all rail workers. The current approach of opposing all change, is making the service worse. By the way, if you don’t like Asda - go to your corner shop - us rail users don’t get choice of provider, we’re stuck with it route to route. Our railways are the most expensive, most unreliable in Europe, I’d like that to change, seems a majority on here are cool with it, so I’ll leave it there - let’s see what happens. I’m just glad I didn’t mention the dirty knife. | | | |
| NFR Petition against ticket office closures on 21:00 - Jul 7 with 1918 views | 442Dale |
Not sure people don’t have issues and want it to improve. It’s just that being able to easily buy tickets online is a great option for most, it doesn’t mean that having staff in ticket offices is something that needs tackling as a priority. That’s not opposing change, it’s identifying what has to change.
There’s enough data in this thread from people who mention the ticket office at Rochdale and how it’s used. Only this week I popped in and got some great assistance for a journey on the Bank Holiday weekend when the online version was holding first no prices, then conflicting ones. So they could sort that first, but that’s just a personal view and the bigger picture is there’s plenty more people who both need and want to use a ticket office. Those staff, at stations like Rochdale, are better employed there than wandering around outside. Unless there’s evidence to prove otherwise.
If there’s any data available that will guarantee such a change will ensure fewer cancellations, delays and overcrowded trains, then fair enough. | |
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| NFR Petition against ticket office closures on 22:34 - Jul 7 with 1869 views | NigelWatson |
After the last three years, and you are still fast asleep? | | | |
| NFR Petition against ticket office closures on 22:36 - Jul 7 with 1868 views | NigelWatson |
Shut up peasant and do what the government tells you to
Complaining is: NOT ALLOWED! | | | |
| NFR Petition against ticket office closures on 22:38 - Jul 7 with 1867 views | NigelWatson |
All about control, pal
You not worked it out yet? | | | |
| NFR Petition against ticket office closures on 22:39 - Jul 7 with 1866 views | NigelWatson |
Exactly - we have to push back against this nonsense! | | | |
| NFR Petition against ticket office closures on 00:26 - Jul 8 with 1808 views | sxdale |
Oh bless, little Nidgey has stayed up late cos he wants to play out with the big boys. Run along now it's way past your bedtime. | | | |
| NFR Petition against ticket office closures on 16:02 - Jul 8 with 1664 views | snuffler |
Just as an aside to this. I was at Manchester Victoria station yesterday and there was a large police presence along with Metrolink staff, they were checking everyone who got off the trams for tickets, there were a lot of people who had been on without paying and were fined £45 immediately or more if a summons had to be sent. Well done to the police and Metrolink staff for doing this and for me it serves the fare dodgers right, all for trying to say a couple of quid. | | | |
| NFR Petition against ticket office closures on 18:30 - Jul 8 with 1573 views | kel |
I use the tram for work and I reckon I can safely say that 95% of the school kids that get on don’t pay. Too hard to police when there are hundreds of them but I did afford myself a wry smile when a kid outside of school hours got caught the other week. | | | |
| NFR Petition against ticket office closures on 18:56 - Jul 8 with 1534 views | EllDale |
They are obviously aware of the problem of fare dodging but it’s probably a manpower problem.
I got the tram from Rochdale the other week and the Revenue were on board but craftily didn’t make their presence felt until it was underway and halfway up Drake Street! | | | |
| NFR Petition against ticket office closures on 13:41 - Jul 11 with 1372 views | watford_dale |
That is because Transport For London has has rolled out this technology in their area. Watford is in tfl zone and can tap in and out but if you went beyond to say Tring you would be expected to have a physical ticket or smartphone ticket for that part of the journey.
The tech is there in Rochdale station already with the yellow touchpad on top of the barrier where you insert your ticket. Just need TFM to roll it out.
G Northern ticket machines never work, love the ticket office, don't own a smartphone, not going through an booking website to pay a fee.
Whilst they are currently manned then there is an element of safety but take that away, what will happen? | | | |
| NFR Petition against ticket office closures on 14:21 - Jul 11 with 1328 views | Zac_B |
I'm very much on the fence with this and unsure what is best. In Littleborough, for example, it has always seemed strange to me that a ticket office could be open part-time.
When I head to the office, it isn't yet open and anyone needing a ticket office in the afternoon in Littleborough won't find one...so what is the point of having one at all?
But then again, when I needed a System One pass which would allow me to travel to Manchester via train and then beyond via Metrolink, I needed the office as the machine doesn't sell that ticket. That in itself is rather naughty, as many people would just use the machine and not realise they could save a small fortune asking for a specific travel card, as opposed to buying separate train and Metrolink tickets.
If Littleborough ticket office closes, then why should I then have to buy two tickets at greater expense as the machine doesn't sell that ticket? | | | |
| NFR Petition against ticket office closures on 15:16 - Oct 31 with 958 views | sxdale |
I see the plan to shut ticket offices has been scrapped and the rail operators are not happy. | | | |
| NFR Petition against ticket office closures on 16:45 - Oct 31 with 860 views | EllDale |
In response to massive feedback during the consultation process apparently.
The fact remains that it is the Treasury who are most unhappy about the u-turn.
They’re desperate to slash subsidies to the train operators and this would have been one way of achieving this. | | | |
| NFR Petition against ticket office closures on 16:49 - Oct 31 with 856 views | tony_roch975 |
a rare victory for the little man and woman customer /citizen over egregious privatisation | |
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| NFR Petition against ticket office closures on 18:47 - Oct 31 with 772 views | YadHoDale |
Whilst there are no quick fixes to Britain's current woes, reassigning the senior civil servants from HM Treasury to Sellafield to clean spent nuclear power rods with their toothbrushes would probably be a starting point... | | | |
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