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A controversial three-week public consultation on plans to close nearly all railway station ticket offices in England has been extended, it was confirmed today. The Rail Delivery Group said train operators were extending the time available to respond to the plans by an extra five and a half weeks until September 1.
The move, said the group, illustrated operators were 'listening to feedback', although a group of mayors including Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, have initiated legal action.
The RDG announced on July 5 the public would have 21 days to have their say, with the plans involving the closure of almost all of the 1,007 remaining ticket offices in the country, including more than 50 in Greater Manchester. That 21-day period ended today.
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The mayors, however, collectively claimed the period of public consultation was 'potentially illegal' and called for it to be declared 'null and void'.
Pre-action protocol letters were sent to TransPennine Express, Northern Trains Ltd, LNER, EMR, Thameslink, Greater Anglia and Avanti West Coast last week, which Mr Burnham said referenced set out requirements under Section 29 of the Railway Act 2005 involving what he called 'a very clear and detailed process which must be followed if a train operating company proposes to close a station or any part of a station'. He said the period of public consultation should be 12 weeks.
More than 170,000 responses have been submitted so far. But Michael Roberts, chief executive of London TravelWatch, said: "Unfortunately, some train companies did not provide people with complete and accessible formats from the start of the
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