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« Reply #90 on: October 01, 2015, 23:31:55 »
Quote from: Penzance-Paddington on September 27, 2015, 23:20:31
It is possible that TMs‡(resolve) may have used some discretion in Grahame's cases. May I ask Grahame, do you pass any banks on the way to Melksham station? If so, you could always transfer the money you was going to pay with into your bank and then use your card to pay. Alternatively, you could buy a season ticket - it may make your journeys easier!

Totally unreasonable in my view.
One might not posses a card, AFAIK▸ (as far as I know) there is no legal requirement to have one.
The bank might not be open.
And from my experience of banks the payment in cash can take several days to clear.
A season ticket is not the answer for a single journey, and still has to be purchased anyway.
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« Reply #91 on: October 02, 2015, 00:13:17 »
Quote from: broadgage on October 01, 2015, 23:31:55
Quote from: Penzance-Paddington on September 27, 2015, 23:20:31
It is possible that TMs‡(resolve) may have used some discretion in Grahame's cases. May I ask Grahame, do you pass any banks on the way to Melksham station? If so, you could always transfer the money you was going to pay with into your bank and then use your card to pay. Alternatively, you could buy a season ticket - it may make your journeys easier!

Totally unreasonable in my view.
One might not posses a card, AFAIK▸ (as far as I know) there is no legal requirement to have one.
The bank might not be open.
And from my experience of banks the payment in cash can take several days to clear.
A season ticket is not the answer for a single journey, and still has to be purchased anyway.

Hi - I think we concluded in a follow up that if I wanted to buy a ticket for cash, and was joining at a station which only offered card payments at a machine, I can do so without the need for discression and pay the train manager.    Which was a huge relief in that a lot of local journeys from Melksham (to Chippenham and Trowbridge) are cash.   What's really useful is that a lot of tickets can and will now be bought by card, allowing much quicker processing on the train and giving the manager time to reach everyone by the next station.
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