I have had mine for a few years and never been asked to show it however I always keep it with me.
So that's what the new ones at Sheffield are!
I really like the font used, very clear and modern-looking!
I assume it's because the disabled ones don't have photos on them.
Keep your railcard in your ticket wallet. Then, when you take your ticket out you can just show the railcard with no extra effort.
I think you answered your own questionI was wondering on a similar topic what the programming was on the barriers for Y-P (or other discounted tickets.)
It seems almost random whether the barrier rejects my ticket
I don't they know! I can go to a station that I know will reject the type of ticket I have, approach the barrier and they will still insist I put it through.
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Yes, which means queueing up twice, and having to fight one's way back from the queue of other people waiting to go through the barriers.
I wish they would fix the system so that Advance tickets go through the barriers, or put a notice up to the effect that people with Advance tickets should show them at the gate and not bother with the barriers.
I do think that TOCs should consider putting up posters to inform people why their valid tickets may sometimes be rejected.
As Yorkie says, different gateline staff (or by company policy, which might be all the time or at certain times of the day) will configure the gates to reject certain tickets. These are often child tickets, and YPRC discounted tickets. I've never had my season blocked, which I always found surprising as I'd have thought that some random checks would likely catch out people sharing their seasons with friends and family.
Doing such checks is fine, except I've seen over and over again that gateline staff don't explain WHY the ticket was rejected. They may look at the child with his child ticket and say 'that's fine' and guide him through the wide access gate. Now, having your ticket rejected could be quite stressful, or even embarrassing, not least the fear that you'll get problems at the other end. It's also unlikely that many people will ask, so it's as if the TOC is trying to keep this 'trick' secret.
Again, with the need to check a railcard, it would actually be quite beneficial to make it quite clear and public knowledge that these tickets will require a check. It might just remind chancers the importance of carrying their railcard (and, likewise, not sharing them - as is quite common at Hatfield between students, despite a railcard not costing that much!). It will also stop people trying over and over again to use their valid ticket when the gate will never accept it, causing people behind to get frustrated with the poor person!
Exactly. When I first moved to this country I was very confused when my Network Railcard discounted tickets would get seemingly randomly rejected---it made me feel like I was doing something wrong.
Did they really say that? There is no fee to replace a damaged but legible ticket.The thing I hate most is when they run out of season ticket stock and just print it on normal ticket stock. I travel to college each day, and so get tickets for one or two half-terms depending on how much money my mum has at the time. So, say she's paid for 13 weeks (two half-terms), and my ticket gets worn out after two or three... I then have 10-11 weeks of showing the ticket to the barrier staff at Salisbury, who then have the cheek to say that I should pay them an extra fiver to get it replaced when it was another SWT ticket office that had run out in the first place and caused me all the problems!
They did indeed!Did they really say that? There is no fee to replace a damaged but legible ticket.