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« on: April 09, 2010, 22:11:19 » |
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TheTrout has travelled to various places over the past few days. But this interesting place has been a highlight  So if I showed you the following picture of a Ticket Machine, can you tell me where I have been today...?? I expect some of you will get it straight away, whereas others will find this one exceedingly difficult...!   |
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JayMac
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« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2010, 01:43:31 » |
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Stab in the dark.....
It's not the new Car Park/Train ticket jobby at Exmouth is it?
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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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thetrout
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« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2010, 08:50:14 » |
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i'm afraid not bignosemac...!  |
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Brucey
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« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2010, 16:01:42 » |
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St Ives Branch Line? My thinking is that there is a day rover ticket system in operation on this line and that machine could suit it quite nicely.
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thetrout
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« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2010, 22:41:26 » |
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again, i'm afraid not...! not even close i'm afraid...  |
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Bob_Blakey
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« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2010, 15:55:29 » |
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The top panel background looks like a map that isn't the UK▸ .
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2010, 16:58:07 » |
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I agree. I though it might be Canada, but that's a bit of a long shot - and a very long way to go in a day!   |
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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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Phil
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« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2010, 17:02:22 » |
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Yeah, I was thinking that it looked like a US map, Bob_Blakey; but in my experience ticket machines there all have slots clearly marked "Coins" and "Bills". Plus it's a bit of a way to go for a day trip (unless you're Conservative Party leader and have your own private jet of course)
Was the photo perhaps taken on the Isle of Wight somewhere?
My initial thought was that the machine is in Chiltern Railways colours but I'm struggling to think of anywhere particularly "interesting" or worthy of note on that route.
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thetrout
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« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2010, 05:40:22 » |
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Spot on Phil, It was taken on the Isle or Wight But which station...?! |
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Phil
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« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2010, 07:18:27 » |
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"I've Got a Ticket to Ryde" ? |
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inspector_blakey
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« Reply #10 on: April 12, 2010, 14:44:11 » |
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Pierhead, Esplanade or St John's though..?! That must be some kind of record for a town of Ryde's size, three "mainline" railway stations still in use.
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Brucey
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« Reply #11 on: April 12, 2010, 15:27:01 » |
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As far as I'm aware, SWT▸ /Island Line only use Scheidt & Bachmann machines, where installed. I think they've got rid of all the Ascom machines now.
So perhaps this is a bus/ferry ticket machine? Could also be for the steam railway?
Edit: Scrap that. It is Ryde St John's Road. Just spoken to a friend from the island and asked them if any of the stations had tickets machines that looked like parking meters (they must have though I'd gone crazy!) This is exactly the type of machine we need on the SVB line; although I don't know if usage would be that high if you can still buy tickets on the train.
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thetrout
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« Reply #12 on: April 14, 2010, 10:39:00 » |
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I'm so sorry... but it's not Ryde St John's Road It's Shanklin, Just by the ticket office |
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inspector_blakey
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« Reply #13 on: April 14, 2010, 21:01:31 » |
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While in Shanklin I trust you took in a visit to The Crab...?
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JayMac
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« Reply #14 on: April 15, 2010, 00:57:26 » |
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Oooh The Crab! That's the thatched jobby innit? Luvverly pub. Whiled away a few hours in there when my Ma lived on the IOW. (And I failed an interview for a job as a screw at HMP Camp Hill - it was all down hill from there - so far down hill that I ended up experiencing life in prison from what may be called the wrong side!) Thanks for the memory blakey.  |
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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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