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Re:Why privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain by ClumsyPilot on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @08:51AM (#36680259)
Have you ever tried to get off the train in a wheelchair? Or find out which stations have wheelchair access?
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Re:Why privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain by iso1631 on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @09:31AM (#36680710)
Ticket office staff won't help you there.
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Re:Why privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain by ClumsyPilot on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @10:00AM (#36681092)
they literally tell yoy which stations are accessible and which ones arent.
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Re:Why privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain by iso1631 on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @10:36AM (#36681582)
"get off the train in a wheelchair"

Nothing to do with accessible stations, where they simply look up entries in a database and will have very little personal knowledge.

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Re:Why privatisation has been a costly failure in Britain by ClumsyPilot on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @01:55PM (#36684677)
I dont think this is true, but suppose it was - so what? If I am travelling eith my daughter I often need advice from the ticket office folks. It does not matyer how they aquire it.

Additionally, often the ticket office gives better rates -

https://twitter.com/CraigJordanBak1/status/16786743395735101...

The fact that you dont know this, betrays the fact that you havw no idea how the UK ticket prices are actually set

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