chunky munky wrote:
On May 18, 8:54 am, wrote:
"MIG" wrote in message

oups.com...

On May 17, 6:45 pm, chunky munky
wrote:
Get used to either using the ticket machines or visiting the
local newsagent if you want to travel......

Taken from:http://www.workersliberty.org/node/8463

Does this mean that the gates will all be open (where there are
any) or that staff will be standing there not selling tickets?

When is this meant to be happening?

By the end of the year, so I am led to believe. Regents Park will
re- open without a Ticket Office as it has already been removed.

If the Gateline cannot be monitored, either directly or remotely
then it should be left open, so it depends on staffing levels and
CCTV availability.
If you go to a ticket window, the member of staff (if safe to do so)
is meant to assist you in using a Passenger Operated Machine. If
this is broken they can either visit a newsagents or can travel and
pay at their destination, but what they CANT do is be sold a ticket
from, the, errmm, Ticket Office. The seller then leaves themselves
open to disciplinary action.

Not exactly World Class.....

It is actually. The same policy is being implemented on the Paris
Métro. As stations are being refurbished, extra ticket machines are
being installed and the ticket office becomes an information point,
staffed during most of the day. It's a logical consequence of the
growth of Oyster in London and Navigo in Paris (similar to Oyster but
without PAYG).
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Richard J.
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