I see ticket office opening hours are being dramatically scaled back at
suburban stations. For example, the booking office at Upminster Bridge has
closed entirely, whilst Upney will close late morning Mon-Fri and not open
on Sunday.

Outside of ticket office opening hours, are these stations unstaffed, or do
staff lurk behind the shuttered ticket windows?

Chris

"Chris Read" typed


Outside of ticket office opening hours, are these stations unstaffed, or do
staff lurk behind the shuttered ticket windows?

They are not totally unstaffed AIUI (I think there are some rules
mandating staff presence) but it's anyone's guess where the chap's
gone...

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Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.

"Chris Read" wrote in message
...

I see ticket office opening hours are being dramatically scaled back at
suburban stations. For example, the booking office at Upminster Bridge has
closed entirely, whilst Upney will close late morning Mon-Fri and not open
on Sunday.

Where I live, the ticket office closes at lunchtime. This now makes it
impossible to buy an OPODTC with Y-P.

Regards,
Mr. A. H. Harris

R. Aluitious Harris wrote:

I see ticket office opening hours are being dramatically scaled back at
suburban stations. For example, the booking office at Upminster Bridge
has
closed entirely, whilst Upney will close late morning Mon-Fri and not
open
on Sunday.

Where I live, the ticket office closes at lunchtime. This now makes it
impossible to buy an OPODTC with Y-P.

Aren't they available at the machine/interchange/destination?

"Tim Roll-Pickering" wrote in message
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R. Aluitious Harris wrote:

I see ticket office opening hours are being dramatically scaled back at
suburban stations. For example, the booking office at Upminster Bridge
has
closed entirely, whilst Upney will close late morning Mon-Fri and not
open
on Sunday.

Where I live, the ticket office closes at lunchtime. This now makes it
impossible to buy an OPODTC with Y-P.

Aren't they available at the machine/interchange/destination?

They're not available at the machine, AFAICT.

Plus there's no longer a guarantee that my destination station will have an
open ticket office, and it's not particularly progressive to have me alight
mid-journey at a "known good" station to exchange my ticket.

Regards,
RAH.

"R. Aluitious Harris" typed


Where I live, the ticket office closes at lunchtime. This now makes it
impossible to buy an OPODTC with Y-P.

Aren't they available at the machine/interchange/destination?

They're not available at the machine, AFAICT.

Plus there's no longer a guarantee that my destination station will have an
open ticket office, and it's not particularly progressive to have me alight
mid-journey at a "known good" station to exchange my ticket.

I know it's a total pain, but can you buy your discounted ticket in
advance from that ticket office?

--
Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.

I see ticket office opening hours are being dramatically scaled back at
suburban stations. For example, the booking office at Upminster Bridge has
closed entirely, whilst Upney will close late morning Mon-Fri and not open
on Sunday.

Outside of ticket office opening hours, are these stations unstaffed, or do
staff lurk behind the shuttered ticket windows?

Is there a list published of ticket office opening times anywhere?

Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:

Where I live, the ticket office closes at lunchtime. This now makes it
impossible to buy an OPODTC with Y-P.

Aren't they available at the machine/interchange/destination?

They're not available at the machine, AFAICT.

Ouch. The ones here still do them - but are located in the part of the
station that gets sealed when it's unstaffed.

Plus there's no longer a guarantee that my destination station will have
an
open ticket office, and it's not particularly progressive to have me
alight
mid-journey at a "known good" station to exchange my ticket.

What about a Permit to Travel? If you carry that and exchange it at the
first opportunity it should be okay.

I know it's a total pain, but can you buy your discounted ticket in
advance from that ticket office?

From recollection train companies hate to issue discounted weekday OPODTCs
in advance because the restricted use times get abused.

"Tim Roll-Pickering" wrote in message
...
Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:

Where I live, the ticket office closes at lunchtime. This now makes
it
impossible to buy an OPODTC with Y-P.

Aren't they available at the machine/interchange/destination?

They're not available at the machine, AFAICT.

Ouch. The ones here still do them - but are located in the part of the
station that gets sealed when it's unstaffed.

Plus there's no longer a guarantee that my destination station will have
an
open ticket office, and it's not particularly progressive to have me
alight
mid-journey at a "known good" station to exchange my ticket.

What about a Permit to Travel? If you carry that and exchange it at the
first opportunity it should be okay.

Is a PtC available from LU machines? I've been unable to spot the option.

I know it's a total pain, but can you buy your discounted ticket in
advance from that ticket office?

From recollection train companies hate to issue discounted weekday OPODTCs
in advance because the restricted use times get abused.

I would be looking at buying it from my local Tube ticket office, as I have
successfully done for the past three years or so. :-)

Thanks,
RAH

"Helen Deborah Vecht" wrote in message
...
"R. Aluitious Harris" typed

Where I live, the ticket office closes at lunchtime. This now makes it
impossible to buy an OPODTC with Y-P.

Aren't they available at the machine/interchange/destination?

They're not available at the machine, AFAICT.

Plus there's no longer a guarantee that my destination station will have
an
open ticket office, and it's not particularly progressive to have me
alight
mid-journey at a "known good" station to exchange my ticket.

I know it's a total pain, but can you buy your discounted ticket in
advance from that ticket office?

I'm unsure, but shall make inquiries. It's a shame the "turn up and go"
element of cheap public transport in London is lost, just as it has been on
the railways.

Best wishes,
Mr. Harris