London Banter - View Single Post - SWT (and others) charging double for tickets from machines

Colin Rosenstiel · July 7th 07, 12:47 AM posted to uk.transport.london

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Colin Rosenstiel wrote .
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The Shere machines used by Chiltern Railways do - there is a
touchpad field for 'Today' and 'Tomorrow'. So, the technology
is available.

As do the Shere machines at Cambridge, but only later in the day.

SWT are planning to add that feature "within the next year" -
latest (today in fact) SWT free magazine, p9.

Also, referring back upthread, "looking at ways to make buying
GroupSave from our machines possible" p28.

Seems to me this is a lot easier for staff than a machine - I see
many groups, especially youngsters, who buy individual tickets, a
person behind a window may well be able to ask 'are you all
together' but a machine can't, surely it can only work if people
ask for multiple tickets in one transaction, or does the machine
ask everyone if they are part of a group, delaying everything?

The Shere machines at Cambridge allow multiple ticket purchases. Indeed,
to buy a ticket with a Network Card you _have_ to specify the numbers of
adults and children travelling.

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Colin Rosenstiel