Ten Glasgow rail ticket office jobs under threat

The threatened closure of the Avanti West Coast ticket office at Glasgow Central station could see up to ten jobs axed, MPs heard yesterday.

The Commons’ transport select committee were discussing plans for the widespread closure of railway station ticket offices in England – but also heard the plans include the cross-Border service ticket office in Glasgow.

Avanti West Coast managing director Andy Mellors was asked by the committee what the impact the company’s plan to close its office at Glasgow Central would have on staffing.

He replied: “We have about 27 staff, I think it is, at the moment at Glasgow Central.

Glasgow Central Station, where the ticket office closure is earmarked. Picture: John Devlin

“These proposals would, if they were enacted in full as we proposed, reduce that number by about nine or ten.”

He stressed that the proportion of Avanti West Coast journeys made from Glasgow Central using a ticket bought from its office at the station is 1 per cent .

It is Britain’s fourth busiest railway station outside London, with 15.3 million entries and exits last year.