Passengers' Panel

Passengers' Panel

Issue 12: Smoking ban


The following answer was published in Issue 12 (Sep/Oct 2005) of e-motion magazine.

Question

Smoking is an anti-social and dirty habit, particularly on a crowded station platform. Are there plans to ban it from all South West Trains premises?

Answer

No—while a complete smoking ban has been successfully introduced on our trains, banning it on our platforms would be difficult to enforce. We believe that our employees should focus their attention on other duties, such as passenger assistance, station presentation and security patrols.

Andrew Fairbank, Head of Customer Service