The Sunday Times is reporting today that:
Railway workers will continue to strike if the government does not meet their demands, the head of the RMT vowed today.The union is going ahead with strikes at
www.thetimes.co.uk
Unfortunately, the full artice is behind a paywall.
While electronic tickets have advantages for many, railway ticketing is currently so complicated that for journeys that are not straightforward, closing
all ticket offices is fraught with problems. It also relies on having a working mobile phone with the ability to display the relevant ticket when travelling, unless it is intended to have a nationwide "contactless" ticketing system with electronic card readers at
every station.
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