Train passengers in Lancashire have hailed the 'common sense' decision to scrap plans to close most railway station ticket offices.
Last week's move by the government - which saw train operating companies ordered not to implement the proposed shutdown - followed a public consultation in which both travellers and the passenger watchdog set out a series of objections. Passengers shared their delight at the news, with one rail user, Anne Hayton, saying: “Common sense prevails!” The watchdog, Transport Focus, had said that “key issues that are critical to maintaining accessibility for all to the national network...
” More than a dozen closures had been planned across Lancashire with staff at most affected stations planned to have been redeployed from behind glass screens. Fixed staff at Northern-operated stations: Adlington, Burnley Central, Morecambe and Parbold would have been removed had the plans gone ahead. Proposed closures at Poulton and Chorley prompted petitions, which had 527 and 728 signatures, retrospectively.
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