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Originally Posted by Rillington
The issue here isn't about de-staffing of any stations. It's about the mass closure in England of ticket offices. I think that there are plans to reduce staffed hours at the edges at some stations although I'm not aware of any plans, right now, to fully de-staff any station.
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The issue absolutely about station de-staffing, for example:
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk...ces-set-close/
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Romsey station is set to be unstaffed Sundays and Mondays under the new proposals, despite the fact the ticket office is open from 6.50am until 1.30pm Monday to Saturday.
Under the new plans, SWR will only staff Romsey Station from 6am until 10am Tuesday to Friday, and on Saturdays, it will be staffed from 9am until 1pm.
Micheldever's ticket office is only open from 6.20am until 9.05am Monday to Friday, and under new plans, the station will be staffed from 6am until 10am Tuesday to Friday, and 9am until 1pm on Saturdays.
Railway stations in Shawford and Mottisfont Dundridge are both unstaffed and there are no plans by SWR to staff these stations in the future.
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As I mentioned above, this change allows the Rail companies to easily run down the station staffing numbers over time to improve their profits.