Email train operators now, demanding they keep open the ticket offices!

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Dear Avanti West Coast, SWR, Southern Rail, South Eastern Rail, LNR, Great Western Railway, Great Northern/Thameslink, Greater Anglia, C2C and Chiltern Rail (cc ),

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Dear London TravelWatch,

I am writing to you as a concerned passenger who is deeply worried by the recent announcement to close the remainder of train ticket offices across the network.

I recently took part in a survey by workers' rights network and platform, Organise, and I'd like to bring your attention to two reports which detail the deep concern of more than 60,000 people regarding the closure of ticket offices.

97% of people surveyed condemn the closures. We are almost unanimous in our feelings on this matter: for the safety and security of passengers, for the accessibility of train travel for elderly, disabled, and vulnerable people, and for the sake of thousands of jobs – ticket offices and well-staffed stations are absolutely essential.

Please take the time to read these people-powered reports, which include the experiences and insights of over 60,000 people who use and work on our railways:

Report One: https://organise-speakout.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/Don't+close+our+train+ticket+offices!-3.pdf

Report Two: https://organise-speakout.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/REPORT+TWO+Don't+close+our+train+ticket+offices!.pdf

Machines cannot replace human interaction and expertise in addressing passenger concerns. So I call on you to reverse the decision to close train ticket offices and listen to the voices of your employees and customers.

Here’s why people like me are supporting the campaign to keep our train ticket offices open:

“I’m a wheelchair user and without the assistance of the station staff I can’t get onto the train, which makes rail travel impossible for me."

"Oddly, this is about the much-praised German transport system. By and large, they have completely "unmanned" stations so that in spite of having fluent German AND the possibility to have instructions in English I was often completely befuddled both on the underground and at train stations. Berlin Hauptbahnhof was the absolute worst ever - and I was with a German friend at that time. I would absolutely hate for our stations to be like that.”

“This is discrimination against disabled people who cannot access public transport easily. You can reserve someone to help you with a ramp ahead of time, but most of the time the message never gets to them. It generally ends up being the station guard that will help you, so how can I as a disabled person needing a ramp access the train?”

Please take the time to read these reports, and let me know your response.

Yours sincerely,

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Email train operators now, demanding they keep open the ticket offices!

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Thank you so much for emailing the train operators! Now, can you chip in the cost of a report so we can deliver these in the post as well as via email? This is found to be even more effective for making decision-makers respond.