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RMT report GA are planning to sell Advance and Super Off Peak online only in their drive to cut ticket office useage / staff !!
https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-warns-of-greater-anglia-threat-to-cheap-tickets/
https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-warns-of-greater-anglia-threat-to-cheap-tickets/
Rail union RMT warned today that train operator Greater Anglia is threatening to cut off access to cheap Advance Purchase and Super Off Peak tickets as they set out plans that would restrict sales to on-line only as part of a broader attack on ticket offices and staffing.
In proposals handed to the union the company say that, as part of a their pending Retail Guidelines schemes: “GA Advance Purchase and Super Off Peak Tickers to be designated as On Line only products”.
RMT has warned that such a move, tied in with a wider threat to close ticket office windows and remove staff, would have dire consequences for older passengers, those with disabilities and those without access to the internet. The union says that it also makes a mockery of a plan trumpeted by the Rail Delivery Group only a few weeks ago to ensure that everyone has access to the cheapest ticket.
RMT has pledged to fight the Greater Anglia proposals and to object to the DfT and London TravelWatch who would need to approve any closure programme.
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