Protesters turned out to call for a re-think over plans to close two of the county's railway station ticket offices
People protested the proposed closure of ticket offices on Saturday
The news came in an announcement about the planned closure of hundreds of ticket offices across the country. Fiona McCleary, who organised the demonstration, said rail companies were already short-changing passengers with the level of service on the line, adding that the latest cuts would"spell nothing but trouble".
"Taking away ticket office staff is like removing the last line of defence. De-humanising areas like this spells nothing but trouble." She added:"These changes are being proposed in an effort to"modernise" the railway system, but we cannot be fooled by this. The electronic ticket machines are unreliable at best, they cannot provide advice on the best routes, they cannot help a wheelchair user or a blind person onto their carriage, and they are not our ticket office.
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