-
Our booking engine at tickets.railforums.co.uk (powered by TrainSplit) helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchase! Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread!
Booking Office tickets (not TVM's)
- Thread starter gaillark
- Start date
- Status
Sponsor Post - registered members do not see these adverts; click here to register, or click here to log in
R
RailUK Forums
paddington
Member
- Joined
- 19 Feb 2013
- Messages
- 964
Do you mean credit-card sized tickets with block capitals? York did on my recent visit there.
Dr Hoo
Established Member
Can you post an image of what you mean?
bussnapperwm
Established Member
- Joined
- 18 May 2014
- Messages
- 1,509
The ones managed by WMR still issue credit card sized tickets.
Llanigraham
On Moderation
Machynlleth and Newtown (Powys) both issue credit card, magnetic strip tickets.
Leyland155
Member
- Joined
- 25 Jul 2016
- Messages
- 109
In my experience, the old style (based on the British Rail APTIS design) seems to be used by most, if not all, train operating companies for what are non-standard tickets. As mentioned by Geeves these include excess tickets, rangers and rovers, plusbus tickets etc. I know the OP asked specifically about booking offices, but for what its worth, the only operator that I know of that still has TVM's which issue all tickets in the old style is Virgin.
deecee16
Member
Most Fujitsu Star machines on South Western Railway still issue tickets in the old format. I've only seen new format tickets from Gillingham Dorset, Axminster and Honiton.
maxbarnish
Member
- Joined
- 3 Oct 2017
- Messages
- 110
Recently, I received a ticket and its receipt from the same station - Longbridge - on different ticket stock. The receipt was on National Rail orange, yet the ticket was on WMPTE blue - the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive. The ticket was a rather obscure ranger that I only found by chance online.
bussnapperwm
Established Member
- Joined
- 18 May 2014
- Messages
- 1,509
If it was a Daytripper or nNetwork ticket then it has its own dedicated stock.
37 418
Member
In addition to the OP's question, on a slightly related matter, is there an up to date list any where of the 16 character names that appear on APTIS style tickets? I know there's some older lists available but nothing up to date seems to be available.
cactustwirly
Established Member
Surely all ticket offices do? The so called "bog roll" is just for on train right?
Nope. Some ticket offices have been able to use it for a couple of years nearly.
bussnapperwm
Established Member
- Joined
- 18 May 2014
- Messages
- 1,509
VTWC use bog roll at their "roving ticket staff" on stations don't they
And at their non roving ticket staff locations as well such as Rugby
The majority of the time, if you visit the ticket window at a Virgin Trains ticket office, your ticket will be on receipt roll. There are exceptions, especially for tickets which can't be issued on them e.g. Annual Season
causton
Established Member
LNER won't now, they will issue them in the new format as of the end of last month when they moved to a new TIS.
They do this at Preston , really annoying if its a rover as they never work at barriers. Can you ask fora normal ticket?
causton
Established Member
You can ask - they may say yes or no. The same clerk issued me a rover on bog roll and my friend's on CCST without asking either of us what we wanted!
Got a Lancashire Day Rover at Piccadilly the other week on bog roll.
AFAIAA all Star machines on SWR issue tickets in the old format, but the delayed rollout of a new TIS is now underway, and with that comes the new ticket format.
- Status