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    Replacement of the Avantix ticket machines that Guards and RPIs have for selling tickets onboard.

    Surely the RPIs would need a machine though to sell tickets? What if all the TVMs at a station were broken and a passenger had to board the train without a ticket? Wouldn't the RPIs sell one onboard? I thought that RPIs normally carry a ticket machine?
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    Replacement of the Avantix ticket machines that Guards and RPIs have for selling tickets onboard.

    That is good to hear that they are still using normal card sized stock.
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    Replacement of the Avantix ticket machines that Guards and RPIs have for selling tickets onboard.

    Yes i have found that staff training on the new machines has been poor at quite a few of the different TOCs. When these machines were first introduced there were lots of Guards and RPIs who didn't know how to use them properly. Even these days some still don't know how to use all the features. I...
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    Replacement of the Avantix ticket machines that Guards and RPIs have for selling tickets onboard.

    Yes i often found that the old Avantix machines would not program the information on to the magnetic strip properly so they often didn't work on any of the ticket barriers. I would say that about 50% of the time that i would get an Avantix ticket that wouldn't work on any of the ticket barriers...
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    Replacement of the Avantix ticket machines that Guards and RPIs have for selling tickets onboard.

    That sounds quite typical of our railways. They are always trying to save money so it doesn't surprise me that they have bought poor quality printers. I have noticed that a lot of Guards and RPIs have been having problems with them. They need to invest in better quality printers. Perhaps they...
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    Replacement of the Avantix ticket machines that Guards and RPIs have for selling tickets onboard.

    Thank you for the information. That is interesting to hear. I imagine this could cause problems if you bought a ticket onboard Caledonian Sleeper that included use on other TOCs as well. I imagine that a lot of staff would not be used to seeing them. Are they still using one of the main systems...
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    Replacement of the Avantix ticket machines that Guards and RPIs have for selling tickets onboard.

    Interesting to hear. That doesn't sound good. They should have just kept the old Avantix machines. A lot of the Guards and RPIs who i have spoken to have said that they much preferred using the old Avantix machines.
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    Replacement of the Avantix ticket machines that Guards and RPIs have for selling tickets onboard.

    Thank you very much for the link. That is an interesting document. Although if some TOCs are able to keep using the old stock it is a shame that others won't. I know that the new huge stock might be an advantage to the TOCs but it is a disadvantage and disliked by the passengers.
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    Replacement of the Avantix ticket machines that Guards and RPIs have for selling tickets onboard.

    Good afternoon to all. Some of you may remember that a few years ago all of the TOCs got rid of their Avantix machines that their Guards and RPIs had and replaced them with new ones which are basically a smartphone and a printer. I believe that there are three different systems in place...
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    Germany VS UK travel costs

    How exactly does Germany decide what train fares to charge? Is it done based on the amount of kilometres like some other countries or is done more randomly like we do here in the UK?
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    Fares lookup websites that are similar to BR Fares for other countries.

    Thanks for the replies. I think that one of the main advantages of BR Fares is just how quick it is as paddington has said. I can easily find a fare in about ten seconds using that website. That is why it would be good to see websites like this for other countries.
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    Countries where you can purchase a ticket between any two stations in that country.

    One thing that has surprised me is that in Estonia / Latvia / Lithuania you can't even purchase a ticket between any two stations despite them all being small countries. You can only purchase tickets between two places that have direct trains. So most journeys that involve changing trains in...
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    Countries which sell full network wide rover annual season tickets.

    Monaco currently charges 199.00EUR for an annual ticket for all of their buses in the entire country (although there is only one train station so it's not valid on any trains). It seems rather cheap. I know that Monaco is tiny but i would have though that tickets would be much more expensive in...
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    What are your favourite and least favourite trains in other countries?

    I have never really been a fan of any of the Thalys or TGV or Eurostar family of trains. I don't think that they are very well designed. I think that Germany has got it right with their ICE high speed trains. They are a lot nicer.
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    Prague train zones

    The ticketing system in Prague can definitely seem very confusing. Although it is fairly simple once you work it all out. Yes you have it correct about which zones the day tickets are for: • The 110.00CZK 24hr ticket is valid in zones P O B • The 150.00CZK 24hr ticket is valid in zones P O B...
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    buses in legacy liveries

    I think that Stagecoach South still own a bus that is painted in the original Stagecoach livery. However it is only used for special events.
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    Uno bus fire

    That is now the fourth Mercedes Benz Citaro fire (two rigid ones and two articulated ones) that Uno have had in just the past six years.

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