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It is very hard to guess which Ticket Offices are currently still open and which are shut.

Canden Town has shut but Chalk Farm is open. Victoria is open but I believe King's Cross is shut.Tooting Broadway and Colliers Wood are both still open.

I wonder if there is a list anywhere?

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Offramp wrote:
It is very hard to guess which Ticket Offices are currently still open and which are shut.

Canden Town has shut but Chalk Farm is open. Victoria is open but I
believe King's Cross is shut.Tooting Broadway and Colliers Wood are both still open.

I wonder if there is a list anywhere?

Kings Cross St Pancras had three ticket offices. The last time I looked,
two of them were still open.

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On 24.09.15 14:47, Offramp wrote:
It is very hard to guess which Ticket Offices are currently still open and which are shut.

Canden Town has shut but Chalk Farm is open. Victoria is open but I believe King's Cross is shut.Tooting Broadway and Colliers Wood are both still open.

I wonder if there is a list anywhere?

Why would they shut Camden Town, especially since it is tourist hell?

NS now employs a 50-cent surcharge for those who use the windows, rather
than the ticket machines. Has LUL, LOROL or NR considered doing similar?

Certain exemptions would apply, of course.

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Okay, i was rushing through and only noticed the shut one... Sorry!

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On 24.09.15 18:13, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 09:22:34 -0700 (PDT), Offramp
wrote:

Okay, i was rushing through and only noticed the shut one... Sorry!

They are all shut now at KX. North ticket hall was last but it closed
last week. One day I went through and 3 windows were open. A couple of
days later - blue hoardings in place.

There is a list on the TfL website but it only has "months" rather
than specific dates. I wish they would publish a proper list and
proper programme for people.

https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/do...works-2015.pdf


The only problem that I see with closing all the ticket offices are the
fact that queues could possibly be noticeably slower when a E* or two
pulls in and/or you have a group of tourists from the continent.

I fear that some luddite will sit there, with less than a clue of how to
work the thing and take their sweet, sweet time.

Will they at least have staff on the ground to get people through there,
particularly when a large group goes through there?

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" wrote:
On 24.09.15 18:13, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 09:22:34 -0700 (PDT), Offramp
wrote:

Okay, i was rushing through and only noticed the shut one... Sorry!

They are all shut now at KX. North ticket hall was last but it closed
last week. One day I went through and 3 windows were open. A couple of
days later - blue hoardings in place.

There is a list on the TfL website but it only has "months" rather
than specific dates. I wish they would publish a proper list and
proper programme for people.

https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/do...works-2015.pdf


The only problem that I see with closing all the ticket offices are the
fact that queues could possibly be noticeably slower when a E* or two
pulls in and/or you have a group of tourists from the continent.

Queues for what?


I fear that some luddite will sit there, with less than a clue of how to
work the thing and take their sweet, sweet time.

Work what thing?


Will they at least have staff on the ground to get people through there,
particularly when a large group goes through there?

There are supposed to be staff in the ticket hall to help people use the
ticket machines.

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On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 18:56:23 +0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
" wrote:
There is a list on the TfL website but it only has "months" rather
than specific dates. I wish they would publish a proper list and
proper programme for people.


https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/do...nt-and-closure
works-2015.pdf


The only problem that I see with closing all the ticket offices are the
fact that queues could possibly be noticeably slower when a E* or two
pulls in and/or you have a group of tourists from the continent.

Queues for what?

The kebab shop obviously.

I fear that some luddite will sit there, with less than a clue of how to
work the thing and take their sweet, sweet time.

Work what thing?

The zip on their flies when they take a ****. What the hell do you think?

Will they at least have staff on the ground to get people through there,
particularly when a large group goes through there?

There are supposed to be staff in the ticket hall to help people use the
ticket machines.

You mean like at Victoria mainline where the few members of staff on the
concourse are constantly surrounded by a dozen people trying to buy tickets?

--
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On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 18:15:59 +0100
Paul Corfield wrote:
On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:00:29 +0100, "
wrote:

On 24.09.15 14:47, Offramp wrote:
It is very hard to guess which Ticket Offices are currently still open and
which are shut.

Canden Town has shut but Chalk Farm is open. Victoria is open but I believe
King's Cross is shut.Tooting Broadway and Colliers Wood are both still open.

I wonder if there is a list anywhere?

Why would they shut Camden Town, especially since it is tourist hell?

They are shutting everywhere. Nowhere is exempt. The needs of tourists
count no higher than the needs of anyone else.

NS now employs a 50-cent surcharge for those who use the windows, rather
than the ticket machines. Has LUL, LOROL or NR considered doing similar?

Certain exemptions would apply, of course.

Too late - this is an example of one of those bloody awful "scorched
earth" policies where everything is being rushed through under the
control of one Mayor so it cannot be reversed by the next Mayor. No
change will happen before May 2016 barring some horrendous accident
that calls the policy into question and causes the Mayor to panic.

I honestly don't understand what Boris is doing here. It seems to me this is
going way beyond cost cutting but has a political dimension. Reduce the staff
roles to little better than ushers and hope they get fed up and quit then
rehire a bunch of muppets on a lower salary to replace them.

--
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wrote:
On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 18:15:59 +0100
Paul Corfield wrote:
On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:00:29 +0100, "
wrote:

On 24.09.15 14:47, Offramp wrote:
It is very hard to guess which Ticket Offices are currently still open and
which are shut.

Canden Town has shut but Chalk Farm is open. Victoria is open but I believe
King's Cross is shut.Tooting Broadway and Colliers Wood are both still open.

I wonder if there is a list anywhere?

Why would they shut Camden Town, especially since it is tourist hell?

They are shutting everywhere. Nowhere is exempt. The needs of tourists
count no higher than the needs of anyone else.

NS now employs a 50-cent surcharge for those who use the windows, rather
than the ticket machines. Has LUL, LOROL or NR considered doing similar?

Certain exemptions would apply, of course.

Too late - this is an example of one of those bloody awful "scorched
earth" policies where everything is being rushed through under the
control of one Mayor so it cannot be reversed by the next Mayor. No
change will happen before May 2016 barring some horrendous accident
that calls the policy into question and causes the Mayor to panic.

I honestly don't understand what Boris is doing here. It seems to me this is
going way beyond cost cutting but has a political dimension. Reduce the staff
roles to little better than ushers and hope they get fed up and quit then
rehire a bunch of muppets on a lower salary to replace them.

Sounds just like your policy for Tube drivers.

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On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 08:30:07 +0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
Too late - this is an example of one of those bloody awful "scorched
earth" policies where everything is being rushed through under the
control of one Mayor so it cannot be reversed by the next Mayor. No
change will happen before May 2016 barring some horrendous accident
that calls the policy into question and causes the Mayor to panic.

I honestly don't understand what Boris is doing here. It seems to me this is
going way beyond cost cutting but has a political dimension. Reduce the
staff
roles to little better than ushers and hope they get fed up and quit then
rehire a bunch of muppets on a lower salary to replace them.

Sounds just like your policy for Tube drivers.

They deserve it. They're some of the best paid blue collar workers in the
country doing a job a trained chimp could do yet they constantly hold
London to ransom over yet more pay and easier conditions. **** em.

The station staff OTOH do a hard job for not nearly as much pay and rarely
strike.

--
Spud