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« Reply #75 on: April 24, 2012, 14:56:23 »
Quote from: relex109 on April 13, 2012, 15:43:21
They walked past the ticket office at Exeter central then up the stairs to the barriers.....

My sympathy has evaporated then.
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« Reply #76 on: April 24, 2012, 15:03:27 »
Quote from: bignosemac on April 14, 2012, 06:31:44
Ignorantia legis neminem excusat.

Ignorance of the LAW is never an excuse in English law, but ignorance of the FACTS can be.
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« Reply #77 on: April 24, 2012, 15:26:21 »
Quote from: Tim on April 24, 2012, 14:56:23
Quote from: relex109 on April 13, 2012, 15:43:21
They walked past the ticket office at Exeter central then up the stairs to the barriers.....

My sympathy has evaporated then.

Erm ... it's not quite as simple as that:

Quote from: chris from nailsea on April 13, 2012, 20:33:39
So the ticket office at Exeter would have been closed when they walked past it.  Lips sealed

Quote from: relex109 on April 13, 2012, 20:39:07
argument abandoned in light of new evidence from chris  Lips sealed
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« Reply #78 on: April 24, 2012, 17:20:23 »
This thread has something of the Ooslam bird about it!

There is no ticket office on the platform at Exeter Central. The passengers didn't walk past a ticket office on their way up the stairs to the gateline. There is a help point on the platform but not a ticket office which is staffed by rail operators without the necessary ticket machines!
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« Reply #79 on: April 24, 2012, 18:22:16 »
round and round in circles ... to clear up the window at the bottom is not a dedicated ticket office ... i have purchased a ticket from it recently however it was from a portable machine which explains that.... BUT IT IS NOT A TICKET OFFICE ANYMORE .... i was in error, was corrected, all clear if you read the whole thread


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« Reply #80 on: April 24, 2012, 18:50:06 »
Quote from: noddingdonkey on April 24, 2012, 17:20:23
This thread has something of the Ooslam bird about it!

There is no ticket office on the platform at Exeter Central. The passengers didn't walk past a ticket office on their way up the stairs to the gateline. There is a help point on the platform but not a ticket office which is staffed by rail operators without the necessary ticket machines!
They did at one time have Avantix▸ (Ticket Issuing System used on board trains) machines in that office on the platform, when did that cease to be the case then?
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« Reply #81 on: April 24, 2012, 19:25:57 »
They never had Avantix▸ (Ticket Issuing System used on board trains) machines there! They did have a Sportis way back when and when that went they no longer sold tickets from there.
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« Reply #82 on: April 25, 2012, 15:24:19 »
Quote from: The SprinterMeister on April 24, 2012, 18:50:06
Quote from: noddingdonkey on April 24, 2012, 17:20:23
This thread has something of the Ooslam bird about it!

There is no ticket office on the platform at Exeter Central. The passengers didn't walk past a ticket office on their way up the stairs to the gateline. There is a help point on the platform but not a ticket office which is staffed by rail operators without the necessary ticket machines!
They did at one time have Avantix▸ (Ticket Issuing System used on board trains) machines in that office on the platform, when did that cease to be the case then?

to be honest thinking about it the time ive had the devon ranger from that window ... may have been over a year ago before the barriers?
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