Railway Ticket Offices

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 10 March 2009.

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Photo of Paul Clark Paul Clark Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport 2:30, 10 March 2009

I know that my right hon. Friend has campaigned extensively in respect of the stations that fall within her constituency. She will be aware of the benchmarks that my noble Friend Lord Adonis put in place with South West Trains, one of which is that if there is an average sale of 12 tickets per hour in the hours that would be affected, a proposal will be rejected outright. That benchmark has required First Capital Connect to withdraw its proposals for 56 stations. Indeed, we have asked it to revise them again on that basis. I know that my right hon. Friend will be meeting my noble Friend in due course once First Capital Connect has made new proposals.