cjp
Member
I wandered into a google group - uk.railway and have come back seeking expert advice if you would be so kind?
It was suggested that TOD could be collected other than from the selected station nominated when making the purchase on line
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I usually specify Retford, but I often then collect the tickets elsewhere
e.g. Sheffield or Paddington or the Stansted Expess machine at Liverpool
Street (just the first three that I can remember using). In the
last-mentioned case the journey was nothing whatsoever to do with Stansted
Expess or indeed anything in that area. I think the requirement to specify
a station is there merely to ensure that you know that tickets can't be
collected from *every* station; there is no requirement to stick to the one
you chose to specify. "
Not wanting to get caught by trying to apply this useful information
is this true?
If it is true are the places one can collect TOD from limited by some arcane rule?
I suspect it is either not true not generally true as the "collect pre paid button" on my local FGW machine is usually greyed out but is ready and waiting for me when I go to collect my tickets bought on line
May I, Mr Moderator, just mention something related to my question but actually I have tracked it down as discussed -but unresolved - in another thread going back to February ??
At Bicester there are three Ticket On Departure machines. So far I have used two of them. One requires the debit card and a code be tapped in and the other, more friendly, machine just reads the card and prints out the tickets.
Why can not all machines be standardised to be friendly and helpful? If they were I would not have to pull out bits of paper, peer at them and tap away at the screen all of which takes time for the person behind me.And I hate it when it happens to me - just a few such events quickly tie up a machine and cause queues and angst as the time for the next train gets closer.
It is my first question that most interest me.
It was suggested that TOD could be collected other than from the selected station nominated when making the purchase on line
"
I usually specify Retford, but I often then collect the tickets elsewhere
e.g. Sheffield or Paddington or the Stansted Expess machine at Liverpool
Street (just the first three that I can remember using). In the
last-mentioned case the journey was nothing whatsoever to do with Stansted
Expess or indeed anything in that area. I think the requirement to specify
a station is there merely to ensure that you know that tickets can't be
collected from *every* station; there is no requirement to stick to the one
you chose to specify. "
Not wanting to get caught by trying to apply this useful information
is this true?
If it is true are the places one can collect TOD from limited by some arcane rule?
I suspect it is either not true not generally true as the "collect pre paid button" on my local FGW machine is usually greyed out but is ready and waiting for me when I go to collect my tickets bought on line
May I, Mr Moderator, just mention something related to my question but actually I have tracked it down as discussed -but unresolved - in another thread going back to February ??
At Bicester there are three Ticket On Departure machines. So far I have used two of them. One requires the debit card and a code be tapped in and the other, more friendly, machine just reads the card and prints out the tickets.
Why can not all machines be standardised to be friendly and helpful? If they were I would not have to pull out bits of paper, peer at them and tap away at the screen all of which takes time for the person behind me.And I hate it when it happens to me - just a few such events quickly tie up a machine and cause queues and angst as the time for the next train gets closer.
It is my first question that most interest me.