AlexS
Established Member
London Midland are expanding their penalty fares scheme - it's now going to cover unstaffed stations between Brum and Worcester and Brum and Shrewsbury from 1st October.
How are they implementing it? By dropping unrefurbished ex NSE PERTIS machines at the unstaffed stations.
Current issues include 'What if I only have a note or a card rather than change to pay my fare, notes don't go in these machines' 'Why are you doing it on the cheap using these piles of crap, they don't make you look good' 'Don't you remember what happened on the chase line when CT tried it' and 'Why are you installing machines that are broken more often than not after 25 years of service elsewhere'.
It's not a hugely terrible idea in principle but why oh why can't it be done properly with proper ticket machines, new ones that havent spent a quarter of a century in service elsewhere, and ones that don't actually degrade the level of service received (I don't always carry change but I do usually have a note on me or a card to pay with!).
How are they implementing it? By dropping unrefurbished ex NSE PERTIS machines at the unstaffed stations.
Current issues include 'What if I only have a note or a card rather than change to pay my fare, notes don't go in these machines' 'Why are you doing it on the cheap using these piles of crap, they don't make you look good' 'Don't you remember what happened on the chase line when CT tried it' and 'Why are you installing machines that are broken more often than not after 25 years of service elsewhere'.
It's not a hugely terrible idea in principle but why oh why can't it be done properly with proper ticket machines, new ones that havent spent a quarter of a century in service elsewhere, and ones that don't actually degrade the level of service received (I don't always carry change but I do usually have a note on me or a card to pay with!).