Mapped: Proposed train ticket office closures in Greater Manchester and across UK
Up to 1,000 train station ticket offices are set to close down permanently - including many in Greater Manchester.
Almost 600 of the stations whose ticket offices could close have been named. You can search for them using our interactive map. Simply enter your postcode to zoom into your area. Industry body the Rail Delivery Group this week unveiled proposals which could lead to nearly all offices being shut. This includes those at some of the UK’s busiest stations, such as London Waterloo, London Euston, Birmingham New Street and Manchester Piccadilly.
He added: “When the computer says no, doesn’t he agree with me the best way for them to get advice on ticketing, a refund, an alternative route to go, when the next trains are coming, is by speaking to fully-trained staff in ticket offices?” Tory former minister Tim Loughton meanwhile claimed some ticket options are not available through ticket machines.
“Then in terms of the 1% that we then need to work on, as part of this process, I have charged the industry and officials to speed up the process so that more can be purchased in that particular manner, and changing ticket machines so that can occur.”
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