Doubts remain over the future of Kingston’s weekend ticket offices, after similar cuts outside London were criticised last week by trade unionists as “profit-driven vandalism”. Passenger watchdog London Travel Watch (LTW), has now questioned why weekend office closures at the 11 SWT stations had been approved by the Government, but they had not yet been for Malden Manor, Motspur Park and Berrylands stations.
A spokesman for LTW said: “We hope there is an announcement soon, but it seemed strange for some office closures to be decided and some not. It’s certainly unusual for this scattered approach to the announcements, but it may have something to do with the recent change of Government.”
12:20, 05 Sep 2010
by Matthew Rees