STEVIEBOY1
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Good morning,
I have just booked a trip from London to Brum for four of us.
As my mate's brother in law has never been on a Pendalino before, we are going up on a weekday on the 1003 from Eus with VTWC and coming back on Chiltern from BMO to MYB on the 1555 which I hope is going to be loco hauled.
I have booked and travelled many times with both the above TOCs and in recent years have been given the option to issue an e-ticket at home, VTWC did give me that choice this time too, but the ticket looks alot different, it is a sort of strip down down the middle of the page, there are different ticket numbers and bar codes on each one. Are VT changing the look of their tickets?
I booked to Northwest England a few weeks ago for travelling in a few weeks and the e-tickets where not like that.
Then the Chiltern system would not give me an option to print e-tickets, it did offer me the choice to have them issued from some ticket machines, but for some reason my local station was not offered this time, although it always has been upto now.
However, they offered to post the tickets to me first class which they did and they arrived the next day. Just seemed a bit odd not to offer e-tickets or pick up at all TVMs, (My local stn is SHP in SWTland.) I have picked up many tickets there although they may not have been starting from there, if I have been using a season ticket etc.
My mate's sister wants to visit a new shopping complex near New Street called Grand Central, does this replace the Bull Ring and Pallasades? Meanwhile I shall try to find a nice pub near by for lunch and look forward to the loco hauled return. I may try a short tram ride too as I think they now go from New Street.?
I have just booked a trip from London to Brum for four of us.
As my mate's brother in law has never been on a Pendalino before, we are going up on a weekday on the 1003 from Eus with VTWC and coming back on Chiltern from BMO to MYB on the 1555 which I hope is going to be loco hauled.
I have booked and travelled many times with both the above TOCs and in recent years have been given the option to issue an e-ticket at home, VTWC did give me that choice this time too, but the ticket looks alot different, it is a sort of strip down down the middle of the page, there are different ticket numbers and bar codes on each one. Are VT changing the look of their tickets?
I booked to Northwest England a few weeks ago for travelling in a few weeks and the e-tickets where not like that.
Then the Chiltern system would not give me an option to print e-tickets, it did offer me the choice to have them issued from some ticket machines, but for some reason my local station was not offered this time, although it always has been upto now.
However, they offered to post the tickets to me first class which they did and they arrived the next day. Just seemed a bit odd not to offer e-tickets or pick up at all TVMs, (My local stn is SHP in SWTland.) I have picked up many tickets there although they may not have been starting from there, if I have been using a season ticket etc.
My mate's sister wants to visit a new shopping complex near New Street called Grand Central, does this replace the Bull Ring and Pallasades? Meanwhile I shall try to find a nice pub near by for lunch and look forward to the loco hauled return. I may try a short tram ride too as I think they now go from New Street.?
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