Ticket office closure consultation is a ‘modern railway in action’, rail minister says

During transport department questions today Labour spokesperson Louise Haigh challenged the minister on the consultation on closing train ticket offices.

Ms Haigh said: “So will the minister think again, acknowledge this consultation is a sham, pause it and go back to the drawing board?”

Rail minister Huw Merriman responded: “I fundamentally believe that rather than the railway being stuck in the past, the railway needs to adapt and change. .. [The consultation] is a modern railway in action”.