In message of Fri, 4 Jan 2008
12:46:21 in uk.transport.london, Tim Roll-Pickering
writes

[snip]

Mile End is not a good ticket office for trying anything vaguely complicated
because the station tends to accumulate a long queue with nowhere for people
to easily queue. I could try Bow Road but it's off my beaten track, whereas
central London is less so and, IMHO, tends to be better for doing
complicated things but with a new option I'd ideally want somewhere where
there's a hope of training than where I've got to find and produce a
leaflet.

Bethnal Green surprised me this morning as both ticketing windows were
open at 11.15. ISTR, the same was true at Aldgate East at 9.15. However,
neither operated one queue with two servers. At Liverpool Street, the
single server Central Line ticket office (under platforms 1 - 8 and open
M-F 0700 - 2030) rarely has a queue while the double server Circle, H&C,
and Metropolitan ticket office is always worth avoiding - they never
seem to open the third window, queues are huge and the marshalling
hardware suggests a cattle mart. Euston Square is often quiet but only
has one window.
--
Walter Briscoe