Bedford commuters: Thameslink plan to close all ticket offices
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Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is planning to close all ticket offices and it wants your views about it.
GTR – which operates Thameslink – plans to move ticket office staff out from behind traditional ticket office windows, on to the station concourses.
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Hide AdThe company says the proposal aims to better reflect how most passengers now buy tickets – with nine in 10 purchases made outside of traditional ticket offices.
Apparently, no station that is staffed today – so that’s Bedford – would become unstaffed; and in-person help would still be available but the hours might change.
The public consultation runs for three weeks from today (Wednesday) to Wednesday, July 26.