London Banter - View Single Post - Chaos likely when they close ticket windows at King's Cross St. Pancras

[email protected] · March 30th 15, 12:35 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On Sunday, 29 March 2015 23:20:27 UTC+1, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Sun, 29 Mar 2015 08:46:37 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Last time I had to wait for one of the party to use a King's Cross ticket office it was because he needed to buy a priv ticket. How will that work without a ticket office?

Easy - TfL scrapped the sale of priv rate paper tickets for travel on
the tube in Jan 2015. You have to buy a ticket from a NR ticket
office or apply for a priv rate Oyster PAYG card.

If the person in your party is not aware of this then I suggest they
are pointed in the direction of ATOC Staff Travel (assuming they are a
(former) BR / TOC employee.

To be fair this was before January this year. He's a BR pensioner. I'll ask him next time I see him. Having to queue at Kings Cross is a complete PITA so I expect he'll be grateful.

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Colin Rosenstiel