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Old May 21st 07, 05:46 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Next round of Ticket Office closures announced

On Fri, 18 May 2007 21:44:24 GMT, Mojo 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


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What happens if you want a new Oyster Card, will there be Oyster
Dispensers here like those seen elsewhere?

What if you want a ticket the machines can't produce (eg: Priv/Staff 75%
discount)?


IMO these closures should not go ahead until the touch-screen ticket
machines have been modified to sell (at least while the office is
closed) PAYG Oyster cards, Railcard-discounted ODTCs (and, at West
Ruislip and South Ruislip, Railcard-discounted NR singles and
returns), and to allow the user to put an arbitrary amount of cash
onto an Oyster card without having it in exact change. (Anything else
to be added to this list?)

Also, when buying a Travelcard season on Oyster starting on the day of
purchase, any PAYG journeys made that day (within the relevant zones)
should be refunded. This would allow passengers to make a journey
using PAYG from an unstaffed station to a staffed station and buy
their season at the destination.