On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:04:59 +0000, David Cantrell
wrote:

On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 12:11:38PM +0000, Mizter T wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25025888

Blimey - I knew fewer ticket offices is the general direction of things,
but wasn't expecting quite such a radical proposal. The pill is of
course sweetened by the plan for 24hr running on some Tube lines, which
in its own right is most welcome.

I wonder how they're going to cope with Oyster problems - the only thing
I use a tube ticket office for these days. eg, sorting out things like
"This card has stopped working, please give me a new one and transfer my
balance". And of course "I don't want this card any more, give me back
the balance and my deposit please"

I can see another problem, for those who want to have a Senior
Railcard registered on their Oyster card. It's hard to see how that
could be done conveniently at a vending machine.

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John Ray