That would be a ferry only journey, and I believe there’s an agreement that the railway will only sell fares that include a rail segment. I don’t think the rail ticketing system will sell Lymington Pier to Yarmouth either.Good morning
according to the Trainline app I can buy a ticket Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde Esplanade but not to Ryde Pier Head even though the Esplanade route involves a change at Pier Head! Any ideas why?
But there isn’t a station at Yarmouth any more!That would be a ferry only journey, and I believe there’s an agreement that the railway will only sell fares that include a rail segment. I don’t think the rail ticketing system will sell Lymington Pier to Yarmouth either.
That would be a ferry only journey, and I believe there’s an agreement that the railway will only sell fares that include a rail segment. I don’t think the rail ticketing system will sell Lymington Pier to Yarmouth either.
Yes, that makes sense!Perhaps because since Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde Pier Head doesn't actually involve any rail travel, it would be a bit odd for there to be a train ticket for it??
Yes, that’s right, but the same rule of selling applies, you can buy a ticket to Yarmouth IOW from other stations that do include a rail leg, such as Lymington Town. The rail leg doesn’t have to be on the island, Portsmouth and Southsea to Ryde Pier Head should be available.But there isn’t a station at Yarmouth any more!
That would be a ferry only journey, and I believe there’s an agreement that the railway will only sell fares that include a rail segment. I don’t think the rail ticketing system will sell Lymington Pier to Yarmouth either.
I'm amused by the wording on their website:Tickets with magnetic strips will have to be dealt with manually,
"Scanned"? They mean read, don't they!If you’re travelling using a rail ticket with a magnetic strip, these will need to be scanned manually by our port staff, as will adults travelling with children.
I'm sure we'll get there.I went onto the wightlink website to see if their standard crossing fare costs more than a ticket from Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde Esplanade (in some cases, yes it does) and I noticed that theyre introducing ticket barriers which are capable of scanning rail e tickets, but not traditional magnetic strip tickets (https://www.wightlink.co.uk/plan-your-journey/routes/portsmouth-ryde-route). Im not sure if we've seen these before but perhaps this is a sign of the future - besides from London and Merseyside, theres no need for physical tickets and fewer people are using them.
TfW have VIX gates that don't accept CCSTI went onto the wightlink website to see if their standard crossing fare costs more than a ticket from Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde Esplanade (in some cases, yes it does) and I noticed that theyre introducing ticket barriers which are capable of scanning rail e tickets, but not traditional magnetic strip tickets (https://www.wightlink.co.uk/plan-your-journey/routes/portsmouth-ryde-route). Im not sure if we've seen these before but perhaps this is a sign of the future - besides from London and Merseyside, theres no need for physical tickets and fewer people are using them.
Good spot .. I've just looked this up on the RailUK site and fares are ... Hovercraft (day return) £31.50 and from Fratton £22/£23 returnFor what it's worth, if people plan to use the hovercraft and have a Railcard, it is cheaper to buy a ticket from Fratton to Ryde Hoverport with that Railcard than it is to buy a hovercraft ticket on its own.
There is no rail ticket office or machine capable of delivering pre-ordered rail tickets at Pier Head. I think that the machine that sells local tickets has also gone, although I am not certain as I am usually ‘dashing’ from train to cat or vice-versa and have other concerns.
We bought on the train from the guard on Thursday this week. Boarded at Esplanade (snap decision, only had a minute to get to the platform, ticket office staff told us to buy on board), going to Shanklin so obviously didn't involve the Pier connection. But there are guards, and they do sell tickets on the train. 'Bog roll' tickets but quite common these days.
p.s. While on this topic, it's poor that there are no public toilets serving both the rail connection and the bus station at Esplanade currently. The beachside ones are all boarded over/demolished, looks like some big rebuild project going on, and the two toilet doors in the station building have "Toilets not in use" signs stuck on them. One hopes this is temporary, but if you arrive or depart when the pubs over the road aren't open you're a bit stuck if you're getting off a train and onto a bus.
It wouldn’t be very helpful to have a TVM at Pierhead since there would not in practice be time to pick up tickets, even TOD, in the short period when, as Gloster says, we are dashing between train and ferry. The only likely outcome would be more passengers missing the connection.There is definitely no TVM of any kind (bar Wightlink selling ferry tickets) at Ryde Pier Head. It's a strange omission.
I went onto the wightlink website to see if their standard crossing fare costs more than a ticket from Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde Esplanade (in some cases, yes it does) and I noticed that theyre introducing ticket barriers which are capable of scanning rail e tickets, but not traditional magnetic strip tickets (https://www.wightlink.co.uk/plan-your-journey/routes/portsmouth-ryde-route). Im not sure if we've seen these before but perhaps this is a sign of the future - besides from London and Merseyside, theres no need for physical tickets and fewer people are using them.
I looked in the Wightlink terminal at Portsmouth Harbour Station today and I see two new ticket gates have been installed but they are open and not yet operational and manual ticket checking continues. The ticket window and ticket machines are before the new ticket gates, the toilets, lounge and cafe seating area behind the new ticket gates so the toilets will only be usable by departing Wightlink passengers not by Wightlink passengers arriving at Portsmouth Harbour. I am not sure what Wightlink will do with the cafe counter as it is currently before the new ticket gates so any purchases would have to be made before passing through the new ticket gates. Wightlink make clear that the toilets at Ryde Pier Head will be outside the new ticket gates and will therefore continue to be available both to departing passengers (before they pass through the new ticket gates) and arriving passengers which is just as well in view of the current lack of toilets at Ryde Esplanade Railway Station and Bus Interchange.The gates will be at both terminals and will apparently be before the lounge (drafty waiting room at Ryde). Tickets with magnetic strips will have to be dealt with manually, as will parents with children.