Ticket on Departure

[Haywain]

The TVMs at York are extremely slow to use now, so it is probably wise to buy tickets in advance. Many booking sites have the option to leave the return "open", but I can't see such an option on the TVMs. Maybe there's an option to just buy the ticket and be done with it, but it wasn't immediately obvious...

Select "Return within one month". That will only give open/flexible tickets.

 

[Haywain]

There was a workaround mentioned in the thread on Edinburgh TVMs - something about tapping the name of the ticket when it appeared rather than selecting a train. I haven't tested it because the other thing that got mentioned was that a couple of machines in Edinburgh are still using the old software...

Machines using the old sofftware will be Virgin Trains West Coast TVMs.

 

[takno]

Machines using the old sofftware will be Virgin Trains West Coast TVMs.

They are. I'm sure if I end up early to the station at some point I'll play with one of the new machines and figure out what's going on, but when you're in a rush and there's a queue behind you is no time for learning a new system. Unlike the old ones there's a flood of information and things which might or might not be buttons all over the screen, so finding the shortcuts takes a while.

 

[themeone]

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I've signed up to TPE, and so far it's been a joy to use. I hope they don't soon change it to a new "improved" interface!