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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Plans to close most UK railway ticket offices to kick off ‘in weeks’

A worker on a picket line at Slough railway station in October 2022.
A worker on a picket line at Slough railway station in October 2022. Photograph: Maureen McLean/Rex/Shutterstock

A process to shut nearly all of Britain’s railway station ticket offices could begin as early as next week, the RMT union has warned.

Almost 1,000 offices are believed to be targeted for closure under government proposals to cut costs and “modernise” the railway, although ministers have for months shied away from spelling out the extent of the plans, in the face of concern from their own MPs as well as unions and passenger groups.

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