Amazon has refused to comment on reports that it is in talks to convert space in London's Tube ticket offices into pick-up points for its parcels.
The development emerged only hours after Tube bosses confirmed plans for the closure of most ticket offices by 2015 as part of efforts to make greater use of technology on the underground - with the changes resulting in 750 job losses.
The online retailer's apparent interest also follows hot on the heels of a pilot project between Asda and Transport for London which will see online shopping collection points set up in the car parks of six Tube stations.
An Amazon Locker - a self-service collection point for online shopping - is already being trialled at Hammersmith.
The bank of individual lockers is operated through a touch-screen terminal, with an individual customer code needed to unlock the locker holding a person's goods.
As the retail industry puts huge efforts into bolstering their click-and-collect offerings - fits with the Tube's modernisation plans, which will also include a 24-hour train service at weekends on some lines.
Mayor Boris Johnson and London Underground (LU) managing director Mike Brown said on Thursday that their proposals would introduce contactless bank card payments from next year, improved ticket machines and extended wi-fi coverage.
RMT regional organiser John Leach said that the union was "aghast" at the reports of drop-off points inside ticket offices.
He said: "Just under 1,000 front-line uniformed staff that help the public are to go under these plans.
"This is a disaster for the safety and the good running of the Tube."
The union's general secretary Bob Crow said after the announcement that the Tube's modernisation effort risked industrial action.
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