August 28 - Scandinavian simplicity extends to... buying tickets
Could the UK learn from this system?
Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast · The Independent
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Show Notes
This week will see much debate about plans to close railway station ticket offices – including the wider question about how passengers with disabilities are to be helped.
Yet in Scandinavia, this has already happened: the final three ticket offices in Sweden’s three biggest cities closed during the Covid pandemic as a cost-saving measure.
In Finland, too, online booking is the norm.
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