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« Reply #136 on: May 22, 2009, 23:25:49 » |
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sorry for bringing this up... how many people actually go to the ststion to book in advance these days?
If I could book in advance from Taplow for any journey in the UK▸ , which I can't, I would be down the station like a shot. |
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« Reply #138 on: May 23, 2009, 07:48:37 » |
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May have been the ticket type? D&C railcard is ONLY valid with Off-Peak tickets
It was an off peak day return at about 15:30. If I could book in advance from Taplow for any journey in the UK▸ , which I can't, I would be down the station like a shot.
I don't know that many stations where you can book ANY journey in the UK from due to the fact that Northern Ireland is a separate network. yes i guess your rite... if only there was the facility to book in advance online
There are several: thetrainline, First Great Western website, NXEC▸ site and so on. |
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« Reply #140 on: October 04, 2009, 17:35:59 » |
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Just wondering what stations still have ticket machines in the Bristol area?. Am i right in thinking that between Bristol and Westbury machines only exist at Bristol TM‡ , Bath Spa and Westbury. Makes a bit of a mockery of the penalty fares scheme which is supposedly.
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« Reply #141 on: October 04, 2009, 17:36:41 » |
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in place.
Thanks in advance
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« Reply #142 on: October 04, 2009, 17:43:30 » |
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Bradford On Avon, Trowbridge definitely had them last time I was there.
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« Reply #143 on: October 04, 2009, 18:16:14 » |
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If you're asking about the Bristol area generally, Nailsea & Backwell currently has two working TVMs▸ . I checked them yesterday!    |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #144 on: October 04, 2009, 21:27:28 » |
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Keysham and Oldfield Park have them too. They also have a "man in the hut" during weekday morning peak hours I believe.
Between Bristol and Westbury, it is only Freshford and Avoncliff that does not have ticket purchasing facilities.
In the Bristol area generally,
Yate,
Bristol Parkway,
Filton Abbey Wood
Nailsea & Backwell
Yatton,
Keynsham
and obviously Bristol Temple Meads have ticket purchasing facilities available.
Interestingly, no stations on the SVB line have ticket purchasing facilities, and this is the line, IMO▸ , needs them the most.
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« Reply #145 on: October 04, 2009, 21:32:58 » |
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Keysham and Oldfield Park have them too........
......but not according to National Rail Enquiries website. Still, no surprise there. Accurate information is not ATOCs» strong point. Interestingly, no stations on the SVB line have ticket purchasing facilities, and this is the line, IMO▸ , needs them the most.
Revenue collection has improved enormously on this line. Simplified fares and better staff provision on peak services has worked wonders. I think that at most the SVB line could have PERTIS▸ equipment, full blown TVMs▸ would be an expense to far. |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
"Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."
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« Reply #146 on: October 05, 2009, 04:07:21 » |
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Keynsham did not have TVMs▸ in mid-August (nor had it had for some months) after their removal due to persistent vandalism. I don't know if they have since been re-installed. It could be that the NRES▸ website is actually correct.
The Bristol-area penalty fares scheme, despite the profusion of posters, is not active, even though it is a franchise commitment.
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« Reply #147 on: October 05, 2009, 06:38:48 » |
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The Oldfield Park ticket machine is still away for repair after being vandalised. As handy as having these self service ticket machines are at unstaffed stations they are sitting ducks for vandals. I would imagine the company who makes these machines has a very busy repairs department.
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« Reply #148 on: November 03, 2009, 12:04:54 » |
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I have just struggled and given up buying a ticket from a ticket machine with a touch screen in the wet weather. I ended up in the ticket office and was told that this wasn't unusual and that touch screens struggle in certain types of weather particularly the rain. I am interested has anyone else come across this  |
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« Reply #149 on: November 03, 2009, 12:41:38 » |
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The two TVMs▸ at Nailsea & Backwell have always had a hissy fit the morning after any overnight rain. I was at the station on Sunday morning and both screens showed 'Out of Service' - again, after heavy rain in the early hours. The perspex canopy doesn't seem to give them adequate protection from driving rain:  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
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