Ticket machine at Worle Station (merged topics)

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[vacman]

( * The ticket offices at Nailsea and Worle is the man-in-a-box-with-a-Advantex type.)

Erm ... just for the record, Worle doesn't even have 'a man in a box with an Avantix^▸ (Ticket Issuing System used on board trains)' type of ticket office ... 

Yes it does! generally TVM^▸ (Ticket Vending Machine)'s at un-staffed stations dont do TOD's, some dont have the software in them.

[Chris from Nailsea]

Sorry, vacman, but I think we're posting at cross-purposes here. 

Worle station doesn't have a manned ticket office (see http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/wor/details.html): it has just one TVM^▸ (Ticket Vending Machine) - on the up platform: that machine won't sell groupsaves, for example, and apparently it can't cope with pre-purchased tickets either.

Nailsea & Backwell, on the other hand, does have a manned ticket office - see http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/nls/details.html and Jacob there is able to help with GroupSave tickets, but not 'Ticket on Departure' queries.

I hope this clarifies the matter? 

Chris from Nailsea.

[vacman]

Worle has a man with an avantix in a box in the mornings! the little green hut at the bottom of the ramp leading to the platform, I was stood talking to him the other morning, someone has been at Worle in the mornings since the days of Wessex Trains.

[Chris from Nailsea]

My apologies, vacman: I was silly enough to believe what the National Rail website says about the staffing level at Worle:

unstaffed
Monday-Friday Closed
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed

... and what it says about ticket office hours:

Monday-Friday Closed
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed

CfN 

[TheLastMinute]

Thanks for the confirmation the ticket office is still there vacman. When Chris made his posting, the penny dropped that it's been a whole 5 years since I'd used Worle regularly and it may well have lost it's ticket office in that time. It's good to know it that the station is still busy enough to need a ticket office during the morning peak.

5 years - doesn't time fly when your having fun....

Cheers,
TLM

[vacman]

There are no dedicated staff for worle as such though, the chap who works there is a conductor who is on light duties.

[Worle Wonder]

Chaps,

Grateful for all the advice re the new ticket machine.

Being a fairly regular rail traveller 6 days a week I was quite looking forward to collecting my pre-ordered tickets from the new machine on a Saturday, oh well just have to relie on the post or break of journey during the week  to collect them from an enabled machine.

I will be placing a new post shortly in the Fares Fare folder, having studied the fares on offer on the machine there may be a problem,,,,,