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Does anyone know if any of the cash accepting TVMs will accept banknotes from, Scotland (all three banks), Northern Ireland (all three banks), Jersey, Guernsey, Isle Of Man, Gibraltar, Falkland Islands, Saint Helena, etc?
I ask as i came across this page recently:
www.nationalrail.co.uk
This says that banknotes from many of these other parts of the UK are acceptable (although a bit out of date as the "Allied Irish Banks" banknotes mentioned were withdrawn and ceased being valid earlier this year and the "Northern Bank" changed to "Danske Bank" quite a while ago) so it makes me wonder if TVMs take these.
I am pretty sure all TVMs do NOT accept 1p coins or 2p coins or £50 banknotes so i would be surprised if they took these.
I would presume the Scotrail TVMs should at least take all the Scottish ones? Presumably the Translink TVMs (which are only found at Glider stops) should at least take the Northern Irish ones? But do any English and Welsh TOCs TVMs (or even LU or any of our metro and tram networks) take any of the other ones?
Whilst on this subject does anyone know why do TVMs not take 1p coins and 2p coins? I can understand £50 banknotes as many shops refuse these but 1p coins and 2p coins seems very unusual? All supermarket checkout machines take these so surely it is not a software issue?
I ask as i came across this page recently:
Payment Methods for Train Tickets | National Rail
There are lots of handy payment options available for you to buy your train ticket, whether it’s at a ticket office, from a ticket machine, online or on the phone.
This says that banknotes from many of these other parts of the UK are acceptable (although a bit out of date as the "Allied Irish Banks" banknotes mentioned were withdrawn and ceased being valid earlier this year and the "Northern Bank" changed to "Danske Bank" quite a while ago) so it makes me wonder if TVMs take these.
I am pretty sure all TVMs do NOT accept 1p coins or 2p coins or £50 banknotes so i would be surprised if they took these.
I would presume the Scotrail TVMs should at least take all the Scottish ones? Presumably the Translink TVMs (which are only found at Glider stops) should at least take the Northern Irish ones? But do any English and Welsh TOCs TVMs (or even LU or any of our metro and tram networks) take any of the other ones?
Whilst on this subject does anyone know why do TVMs not take 1p coins and 2p coins? I can understand £50 banknotes as many shops refuse these but 1p coins and 2p coins seems very unusual? All supermarket checkout machines take these so surely it is not a software issue?