Can't buy a ticket

Thomas Ralph · 26-03-2008, 20:39

We already know that at unstaffed stations or stations with no facility open from which to buy a ticket you can board a train and buy a ticket at the earliest opportunity, and at staffed stations you don't have any excuse for not getting a ticket. But what if it's possible to buy a ticket, but not the ticket you want?

Examples:

If there is a vending machine but no ticket office active and:
- You want a Faircard/Weekender/family ticket
- You want a monthly ticket
- You want a ticket to a station that isn't on the machine (e.g. Cork to Wexford)
You don't have enough money to buy the ticket you want and the station doesn't accept cards
The ticket office guy doesn't know how to issue the ticket you want
You want to buy a Faircard/Weekender card at the station but the station doesn't have any

They've made this very simple in the UK — you just buy a ticket that allows you to make part of your journey and then pay the difference on the train or on arrival, or in some cases buy a Permit to Travel which involves paying a part of your fare in coins and getting a voucher which states the station you boarded at, again this is counted against the cost of your ticket.

Terrontress · 27-03-2008, 07:57

I have, in the past, taken the train from Donabate to Connolly when the office has been closed. Upon arrival the seller has tried to sell me a ticket from the yellow book and I've told him that I'm after a weekly and not a single and he has directed me to the tvm.

Permit to travel is more like a permit to chance your arm! One of the most common journeys I take in the UK is from Tulse Hill on a Sunday evening and the ticket office is always closed. I am well within my rights to pay 5p and then only pay if asked for a ticket on board. I always have a tfl zone card from earlier in the day but you can see that permit to travel is a win / win situation.

Colm Moore · 30-03-2008, 13:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terrontress

I am well within my rights to pay 5p and then only pay if asked for a ticket on board.

Solution there: set the Permit price at the ticket price at the second cheapest fair.

26-03-2008, 20:39	#1
Thomas Ralph IT Officer Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Greenwich, London Posts: 1,860	Can't buy a ticket We already know that at unstaffed stations or stations with no facility open from which to buy a ticket you can board a train and buy a ticket at the earliest opportunity, and at staffed stations you don't have any excuse for not getting a ticket. But what if it's possible to buy a ticket, but not the ticket you want? Examples: If there is a vending machine but no ticket office active and: You want a Faircard/Weekender/family ticket You want a monthly ticket You want a ticket to a station that isn't on the machine (e.g. Cork to Wexford) You don't have enough money to buy the ticket you want and the station doesn't accept cards The ticket office guy doesn't know how to issue the ticket you want You want to buy a Faircard/Weekender card at the station but the station doesn't have any They've made this very simple in the UK — you just buy a ticket that allows you to make part of your journey and then pay the difference on the train or on arrival, or in some cases buy a Permit to Travel which involves paying a part of your fare in coins and getting a voucher which states the station you boarded at, again this is counted against the cost of your ticket.

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27-03-2008, 07:57	#2
Terrontress Regular Poster Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 132	I have, in the past, taken the train from Donabate to Connolly when the office has been closed. Upon arrival the seller has tried to sell me a ticket from the yellow book and I've told him that I'm after a weekly and not a single and he has directed me to the tvm. Permit to travel is more like a permit to chance your arm! One of the most common journeys I take in the UK is from Tulse Hill on a Sunday evening and the ticket office is always closed. I am well within my rights to pay 5p and then only pay if asked for a ticket on board. I always have a tfl zone card from earlier in the day but you can see that permit to travel is a win / win situation.