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    Transport For London's Claim That Barely Anyone Uses Ticket Offices Is A Lie

    Transport for London has said only 3% of people use ticket offices. But that number is very, very wrong.

    London Underground staff are on a 48 hour strike over the closure of ticket offices on the transport network.

    Transport for London has justified the closure by arguing that, due to the introduction of Oyster cards, only 3% of people use ticket offices.

    In February, David Cameron also said that "only 3% of transactions now involve ticket offices". But the numbers don't quite stack up.

    So how did Transport for London get its numbers so wrong? It's pretty simple. It tried passing off a different set of numbers to justify the ticket office closures.