All Tube Ticket offices to close by 2015

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Let's hope they can read English or at one of.the six stations mentioned

fairly certain that won't be a problem .

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by nomadking

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Any particular reason why you missed out the bit about staff levels being decimated and Boris bring a magician if he can lose nearly a thousand jobs and maintain the same level of service.

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Originally Posted by martyh

fairly certain that won't be a problem .

Time will tell, doubt we'll ever know either considering the tubes/ tfl's cozy relationship with the standard

[Osem]

Originally Posted by martyh

fairly certain that won't be a problem .

I thought all ticket office staff were multilingual. They're renowned for their linguistic skills you know...

Anyway whenever we use the tube the one place you don't see many people is queueing up at the ticket office. I wonder why...

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Any particular reason why you missed out the bit about staff levels being decimated and Boris bring a magician if he can lose nearly a thousand jobs and maintain the same level of service.

To be fair only Bob Crow is saying that

[Osem]

Originally Posted by martyh

To be fair only Bob Crow is saying that

... and he would wouldn't he...

Originally Posted by Osem

I thought all ticket office staff were multilingual. They're renowned for their linguistic skills you know...

Anyway whenever we use the tube the one place you don't see many people is queueing up at the ticket office. I wonder why...

could it be because they are generally the most miserable sods ever

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Originally Posted by Osem

... and he would wouldn't he...

Oh he'll be loving this

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Rob

If the staff are out and about in the station, rather than behind a counter, doesn't that make them more approachable and available to react to requests for assistance?

You'd think. It doesn't always work that way.. It's a national rail rather than underground station, but Lewisham station is fully staffed from the time the first train runs until the last train leaves, yet you'd be surprised how quickly the staff vanish when they see a passenger wanting help.

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

No disrespect to Newcastle, BUT this is The London Underground we are talking about.

Crime is an everyday occurrence, and this will go up - just for example. Pickpockets, sexual offences including rape, serious assaults. Robberies.

I hope the Unions go full leather in an attempt to stop this from happening. You also have to look at the staffing situations on the tube. I work near Hanger Lane, which is a busy station during the day and could get even busier at weekends, as it is a near Wembley Stadium.

I can imagine many women may be scared to use as a means to get home. Yes, we have CCTV, but this will NOT STOP the crime taking place.

No bad move to me. I can see Bob Crow this morning on his soap box, and he WILL defend his members. Yes, everything now is electronic, but to me its a bad decision for Boris and Tfl.

So, Arthur. Let's take Tottenham Court Road as an example. How is having a few blokes sitting in the ticket office going to help some poor hapless soul who is being mugged on the Northern line? After all, by the time they've noticed the problem, come out from the office and gone down two escalators, the mugger has probably hopped on a train and is well on the way to escaping.

This way, if the changes are implemented as TFL have said (and I realise this is by no means certain), those staff will be nearer in the event of an emergency.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Osem

I thought all ticket office staff were multilingual. They're renowned for their linguistic skills you know...

Anyway whenever we use the tube the one place you don't see many people is queueing up at the ticket office. I wonder why...

Do they have to be multilingual, if have thought it easier for someone to say south Kensington rather than read it and if your right why bother with the six "special" stations and when I travel of peak once a month on a Saturday I have to use ticket machines as the queue is to long for the office usually.

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Originally Posted by martyh

To be fair only Bob Crow is saying that

would tfl say that?

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Originally Posted by martyh

could it be because they are generally the most miserable sods ever

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Oh he'll be loving this

No he won't, 750 less positions for people who won't have the opportunity to join his union in the future

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

would tfl say that?

No because TFL have said there will be no compulsory job losses

No he won't, 750 less positions for people who won't have the opportunity to join his union in the future

He will cos he doesn't care about his members he will just relish the opportunity to call for strikes and hold London to ransom

[Osem]

Originally Posted by martyh

No because TFL have said there will be no compulsory job losses



He will cos he doesn't care about his members he will just relish the opportunity to call for strikes and hold London to ransom

He cares about his members like Scargill and Red Robbo did and the result will be the same...

Originally Posted by martyh

I rather think that travelers from other countries will have seen automatic ticket machines before and i rather think that having a ticket office is a tad antiquated

The manned booths at the popular London underground stations are quite busy. They don't know what they want so they go ask for help.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by martyh

No because TFL have said there will be no compulsory job losses

and, 750 positions gone can't lead to anything other than a dramatic drop in service, it's so obvious they didn't need to say it.

Originally Posted by martyh

He will cos he doesn't care about his members he will just relish the opportunity to call for strikes and hold London to ransom

That's why they keep voting him back in and membership of the union keeps growing because he doesn't care about the members

Yes, he became general secretary with 12,000 votes out of 57,000 members. A thumping endorsement indeed.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Chris

Yes, he became general secretary with 12,000 votes out of 57,000 members. A thumping endorsement indeed.

Better percentage than most politicians get yet they don't seem to fussed.

No, they're not. And neither is Bob Crow. But in both cases, the electorate seems to have other ideas.