Rob Smith

Campaigning to stop the likely illegal practice of railway ticket office closures

[Rob Smith @Staff_stations]

@ABCommuters @TransportCttee https://t.co/WUfjz7a1Ka slippery slope @Heidi_Labour

[Rob Smith @Staff_stations]

@ABCommuters @TransportCttee More mentons of Welcome points is worrying. Remember where they came from: a last minute attempt to save the doomed ticket office closures plan from RDG!!

[Rob Smith @Staff_stations]

@Heidi_Labour Please can you promise to keep ticket offices open and stations staffed?

[Rob Smith @Staff_stations]

@julian_vaughan_ @ABCommuters @Doug_Paulley
It is just like what Julian says! Welcome points are not a replacement for ticket offices and people

[Rob Smith @Staff_stations]

@MarkMiddleton37 Well said.
Staffed stations help keep people safe

[Rob Smith @Staff_stations]

@ChimeWhistle @BBCBreakfast Also lner are the operator that recently reduced station staff at Newcastle @Heidi_Labour
Keep staff on stations!

[Rob Smith @Staff_stations]

@Heidi_Labour @LNER @BTP Those staff are hereos
Can you now commit to not reducing staffing of stations and trains?

[Rob Smith @Staff_stations]

@julian_vaughan_ @tom_watson People want people on trains and at stations

[Rob Smith @Staff_stations]

@Doug_Paulley @RailDeliveryGrp They probably think this can replace ticket offices!! Saw one at chesterfield a few months ago. Complete load of rubbish!! People want people

[Rob Smith @Staff_stations]

@newdawn75 @ABCommuters @TracyBrabin Well said, it is all of these things!! It's why we need staff at stations not just some smart phone app

[Rob Smith @Staff_stations]

@TracyBrabin how come London and Manchester get contactless card travel but Yorkshire is due to get some tracking app for train travel? https://t.co/40jvZEbxKz
How will you make sure ticket offices are protected too? @ABCommuters

[Rob Smith @Staff_stations]

@CatHobbs And ticket offices protected!!

[Rob Smith @Staff_stations]

@Heidi_Labour And closing ticket offices??

[Rob Smith @Staff_stations]

@Doug_Paulley @alexhornbyrail They will use this as a reason to close ticket offices. More Digital exclusion, more discrimination against those who are entitled to discounts

[Rob Smith @Staff_stations]

@Doug_Paulley @railandroad Keep up the good work and protect our ticket offices!!

[Rob Smith @Staff_stations]

@ABCommuters @LNER @EHRC @railandroad @Heidi_Labour has anyone looked into this? It is a slippery slope from here... @Doug_Paulley might have to defend ticket offices again!

[Rob Smith @Staff_stations]

@TransportForAll @johnpringdns Is there a petition or anything against this disgraceful decision?

[Rob Smith @Staff_stations]

@Dis_PPL_Protest @RMTunion @TfL @Heidi_Labour They need to stay open for all the reasons over 750,000 people said in response to the consultation 2 years ago!! And saw the stupid plans dropped

[Rob Smith @Staff_stations]

@Captain_Deltic @ABCommuters @RailDeliveryGrp @Heidi_Labour It is just more digital exclusion though
We all know what they will try and do next, every time RDG try and launch some sort of innovation it leads to some attempt to close ticket offices!

[Rob Smith @Staff_stations]

@RMTunion @MayorofLondon @TfL This is outrageous!!!! Just 2 years after the biggest opposition to a government policy of all time. I really hope this is not true.