Train operator has ‘no plans’ to close station ticket offices

It was reported in the national press that ticket offices at Robertsbridge, Etchingham and Crowhurst stations were amongst those earmarked for closure, to be replaced by ticket machines.

The full list of 675 stations is said to appear in a report by Sir Roy McNulty on how to achieve savings in the railway industry and was made public by the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association.

TSSA leader Gerry Doherty warned that if the proposals were passed, passengers would feel less safe travelling and would find it more difficult to buy tickets.

The TSSA said those on the list were all listed as ‘category E’ stations, serving fewer than 250,000 passengers a year and where ticket offices open for less than 10 hours a day, usually in the morning and evening peak hours.