Now that everyone on here (or so it would appear) wants booking offices shut and replaced with a costa bar and to buy from newsagents I wonder if any booking offices have ever done what this newsagent done
http://metro.co.uk/2013/06/25/newsagent-sold-commuters-fake-oyster-card-top-ups-worth-10000-3856106/
and this one
http://squaremilenews.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/mean-and-greedy-newsagents-oyster-card.html
I am so glad TFL have not mentioned theses incidents. rolls eyes!
It is blindingly obvious that (and it also seems) many on here have bought it. That the announcement that all booking offices will close (bad news) has had good news (tube to run 24 hrs), along with 750 staff to be made redundant (bad news) with (good news) tube to become fully accessible with wifi. Typical right wing press thing to do rubbish the bad news and sugar coat the good news and most people will buy the good news more then the bad news.
Also this has nothing to with new technology, the railways since their very humble beginnings has always moved along when new technology has come in, if not Stephenson's rocket would be doing the 10:00 Flying Scotsman service on a Monday to Friday.
The real truth of the matter is that TfL have to make savings of 12.5 % in its budget that has been cut by Mr Osbourne and the vast majority of savings will be made by shedding staff. My company were the first in the firing line getting rid of 128 conductors off the pay role to save tfl money, now 750 jobs to go in London Underground and London Overground always follow their sister company, and probably in the next year or so I would not be surprised to hear that my fellow colleagues on LO will go the same way as their LU colleagues.
It truly is a bad news day, but its what the public want, and what the public want is what the public gets!
The Sex Pistols were quite prophetic with their song 'God save the Queen' Just these two words from that song sum it right up 'NO FUTURE'.
Note my avatar it says 'UNEMPLOYED' That is what the future will be bringing to many transport workers in London. Not a nice post to record my 1000st post on this group.