July 5th - The verdicts come in on what could be the biggest revolution in the railway industry in a generation
Simon Calder gets a sense of what people are saying about the ticket office closure plan announced by the UK government.
Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast · The Independent
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Show Notes
In the biggest upheaval in the railway industry for a generation, the vast majority of railway stations in England will be left without ticket offices: that is the plan from the major train operators, with the blessing of government ministers.
But disability campaigners claim the scheme will prevent disabled people from using the rail network entirely, while the boss of the biggest rail union insists it will “create the conditions for a muggers’ paradise on the railways”.
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