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Well I can assure you that it isn't at Adlington.

There really isn't widespread awareness that you pay for travel before you get on board. I do this route a few times a year and I have always paid on the train, with no warning that I was doing something wrong. If you travel regularly then perhaps you do, and I know many of you will say that...

An Update. My daughter did the same journey again today, having bought a ticket first! Another passenger got on at Adlington, travelled to Manchester Victoria, then went to the barrier for people travelling without a ticket, and bought one, no questions asked. How is it fair that one day...

Just to clarify a few things: There are no signs at the station saying you have to buy a ticket before you board. It is common for passengers to buy tickets on the train, and no warnings are given that you should not do this. The exit station is gated so you cannot get out without having a...

Hi Furlong. That is exactly what I am arguing, that it has become custom and practice. There was a number of people given these notices when my daughter tried to pay at the destination There are certainly no notices at Adlington station that say you should not purchase tickets on board. In...

The ticket office is definitely on the Northbound platform. No she doesn't have a disability.

It was around 11.30am, the ticket office was open, it is just such a faff to get to and hardly anyone buys a ticket from is when going towards Manchester. When I am travelling I always buy a ticket on the train. It is such a common thing to do there was an anouncement part way through her...

Yesterday my daughter travelled this route. She arrived at the station with a few mins to spare but the ticket office is on the other platform and you have to leave the station go along the road, re-enter, buy a ticket and then do the reverse proceedure to get your train. You have always been...