Southwark Lib Dems Respond to Ticket Office U-Turn

Responding to the Government's U-turn on ticket office closures, Cllr Rachel Bentley, Deputy Leader of the Southwark Liberal Democrat Council Group, said:

"The government's decision to keep ticket offices open is a rare bit of good news. The reckless plan to close most ticket offices would have rendered stations inaccessible to those with greater needs.

When these plans were announced, I, together with Lib Dems across the country, hundreds of thousands of individuals and countless groups, demanded the rail companies keep ticket offices open. Thankfully, the government could not ignore the weight of opposition and has been forced into a U-turn.

This is an important victory in the fight to save our public services from this shambolic and uncaring Conservative Government."