The Tube is being made fit for the future . Or so we are being told... People are being replaced by machines. And the windows through which we used to interact are being bricked up. The memory of dialogue is being erased. To be forgotten forever? As someone who commutes, sometimes on two wheels, sometimes on public transport the implications of the closing ticket offices have struck me as significant - quite apart from the deletion of aesthetic pleasures and architectural archive are we not at risk of losing touch with an important facet of travel? It occurs to me that many a journey is influenced and informed by a valuable engagement which may take place only briefly but which enables the person anticipating the journey to touch base and confirm their path with someone whom they imagine (rightly or wrongly) knows better. This casual but perhaps vital double checking would, more often than not, take place implicitly, seamlessly, ...
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