Carrick on Shannon and buying train tickets online

[fergalfrog]

Thanks again for the reply.

The solutions to this problem are very simple and need little or no extra cash - the desire to address the problem just isn't there.

In theory nothing new is needed. If I book online all that needs to happen is that the station can verify my booking is correct and not a forged print-off. This could be as simple as the station getting a list of booking references and names (if no computer then via phone/fax). Then users simply show up with a reference number and ID and are issued with a standard ticket as regular users are.

Finally in relation to:

you can in fact collect anywhere with a machine regardless of what you specified

...just double checking this is correct. I am going to be in Galway over the weekend and so hoping I can collect my Carrick-on-Shannon ticket there as they have a vending machine.