>From Watford Observer Friday, September 9, 2005


Station Changes
TICKET offices at scores of London Tube stations will have their
opening hours dramatically slashed next year, as part of network-wide
plans by London Underground. As part of the changes, Croxley Green and
Moor Park Metropolitan line stations will be unstaffed  every weekend.
This comes despite concerns expressed from the public over safety since
the July terrorist attacks in London. The changes are due to come into
force in January.

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John Burke
WRUG

On 9 Sep 2005 13:22:06 -0700, "burkey"  wrote:


>TICKET offices at scores of London Tube stations will have their
>opening hours dramatically slashed next year, as part of network-wide
>plans by London Underground. 


Terrorism aside, it's not all that surprising.  Hamburg's U- and
S-Bahnen, for example, have *no* staffed stations, except for some
ticket offices which are opened at the start of the month only for
season ticket renewals.  There used to be platform dispatch staff, but
these have been replaced by DOO monitors and such.

Neil

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>>TICKET offices at scores of London Tube stations will have their
>>opening hours dramatically slashed next year, as part of network-wide
>>plans by London Underground.
>
> Terrorism aside, it's not all that surprising.  Hamburg's U- and
> S-Bahnen, for example, have *no* staffed stations, except for some
> ticket offices which are opened at the start of the month only for
> season ticket renewals.  There used to be platform dispatch staff, but
> these have been replaced by DOO monitors and such.


Same with Munich.... Bloody Germans still fine you though, even if it was 
impossible for you to buy a ticket..

"Thomas"  wrote in message news:3of7u4F5mavsU1@individual.net...

>>>TICKET offices at scores of London Tube stations will have their
>>>opening hours dramatically slashed next year, as part of network-wide
>>>plans by London Underground.
>>
>> Terrorism aside, it's not all that surprising.  Hamburg's U- and
>> S-Bahnen, for example, have *no* staffed stations, except for some
>> ticket offices which are opened at the start of the month only for
>> season ticket renewals.  There used to be platform dispatch staff, but
>> these have been replaced by DOO monitors and such.
>
> Same with Munich.... Bloody Germans still fine you though, even if it was 
> impossible for you to buy a ticket..


You're expected to buy a ticket from the machine which should
accept cash.  There is case law in Germany that if it doesn't accept
cash you *do* have have a lawful excuse, so presumably if there is
a cash machine you *are* expected to use it.

tim

On 9 Sep 2005 13:22:06, "burkey"  wrote:

>
>Station Changes
>TICKET offices at scores of London Tube stations will have their
>opening hours dramatically slashed next year, as part of network-wide
>plans by London Underground. As part of the changes, Croxley Green and
>Moor Park Metropolitan line stations will be unstaffed  every weekend.


I thought that Croxley Green was unstaffed *every* day (and
"untrained" as well!).

Paul Harley

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On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 01:32:03 +0100, Paul Harley
 wrote:


>I thought that Croxley Green was unstaffed *every* day (and
>"untrained" as well!).


Croxley LUL and Croxley Green are two different stations...

Neil

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