South West Trains To Reduce Ticket Office Staff

Lee

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South West Trains To Reduce Ticket Office Staff

« on: June 12, 2008, 07:41:02 »

Quote from the link below.
http://www.travelwatchsouthwest.org/newslog090608.html

Quote from: TravelWatch SouthWest

South West Trains is considering eliminating one hundred and twenty jobs in ticket offices managed by the train operator ^ the company states that ticket sales from station booking offices have declined by eight per cent over the last two years, due to the growth in sales from self-service ticket machines and from internet and telesales facilities. South West Trains will be undertaking a public consultation about any changes to station ticket office hours, once the company has finalised its proposals.


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Re: South West Trains To Reduce Ticket Office Staff

« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2008, 19:39:12 »

I see that Weymouth travel centre has now closed. Just an empty shell now Sad


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Re: South West Trains To Reduce Ticket Office Staff

« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2008, 19:48:48 »

Can't wait to see the uproar that is caused by closing Bournemouth travel centre - had 2 people on it earlier and the queue time was at least 30 minutes...


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« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2008, 19:53:53 »

I suppose in the rail companies defence many more are booking online rather than heading down the station.


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Re: South West Trains To Reduce Ticket Office Staff

« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2008, 19:54:14 »

Yeah, right.... maybe for FGW^▸ ....


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