Government confirms plans to close English railway ticket offices

The government has confirmed that it will push ahead with the worst kept secret in the railways — and close most of the ticket offices in railway stations across England. Under the plans, all ticket offices in their current form would close over the next three years, but major stations would retain ticket offices as travel centre hubs.The argument generally being put forward is that people are increasingly buying tickets online and through ticket machines, and with the expansion of London-