cjmillsnun
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Why should every station have a TVM for collection of online tickets ?
Surely this would increase the price of tickets. A station which has as little use such as 10 people a week using it would require a substantial investment to buy, install and maintain it for little use. Most TVM's cost at least £60000 upwards each. To have two at every station, wow that's alot of money.
Better to invest on infrastructure to reduce delays and improve stations and carriages than TVM's.
Is the taxpayer going to subsidise this ?
Hence it is the retailers responsibilty to ensure there are facilities for a TOD thats why they ask for the customer to state a station to collect the ticket.
That's fair enough, but Merseyrail is a heavily used commuter service