Blind rail passenger says ticket office closures are a 'grave mistake'

Hundreds of station ticket offices across England are at risk of closure.

A three-week public consultation over plans to close station ticket offices is due to end

In the future, rail users would have to buy their tickets online, during the journey or at a ticket office en-route. "I think they'll make a grave mistake by doing that, there will be a lot of people not going on trains. I'm not good with the internet and not everybody can use the internet to book tickets or get help."'Differing needs'

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