Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Great British Railways: Williams-Shapps plan for rail, published by his Department on 20 May 2021, what estimate he has made of the total number of ticket offices broken down by ticket office category that (a) are operational in June 2021 and (b) are planned to be open in 2025.
In respect of Part (a)
As collected by Network Rail, the current number of ticket offices by station category, is shown in the following table:
Network Rail Categories Key | Number of Ticket Offices |
A National Hub | 87 |
B Regional Interchange | 209 |
C Important Feeder | 280 |
D Medium staffed Station | 317 |
E Small Staffed Station | 404 |
F Small Unstaffed | 53 |
Total | 1,350 |
In respect of Part (b) This will be a future consideration for Great British Railways.