Transport for London is considering replacing London Underground ticket offices with Amazon lockers as part of sweeping changes to the way the network will be run.
The changes include opening stations through the night and employing automatic ticket machines rather than staff, who have already been told that job cuts are likely.
Transport for London said it is already talking to Amazon about the opportunity for setting up customer collection points for its goods in disused areas in entrance halls, according to the Financial TImes and other newspapers.
The talks follow a the launch last week of a trial to allow supermarket Asda to hand over shopping to customers journeying home at six stations in North and East London.
The plan will mean the five busiest Underground lines will open through the night and run non-stop from Friday morning to Sunday night by 2015. Mayor Boris Johnson said the plan, fiercely opposed by unions, will 'be hugely valuable to London's economy, which is increasingly a 24-hour economy interacting with time zones around the world.'
Amazon has 270 lockers in the UK with a total of 12,000 slots. But a high visibility, high footfall location such as London Underground ticket halls would be a coup for the company helping to more easily connect with busy customers as well as advertising its service.
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