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« Reply #75 on: March 10, 2008, 10:55:39 » |
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Once again - it's the same situation as rovers.
The software allows it, but they won't activate it as it 'promotes fare evasion'.
On another note, SWT▸ will be accepting Solo, Diners & Visa Electron on their TVMs▸ (ticket vending machine) soon, and as they're the same make as FGW▸ that should pave the way for FGW to accept them too.
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« Reply #76 on: March 10, 2008, 11:55:24 » |
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^30,000 per machine, installed, they are great bits of kit apart from the fact that they don't do groupsave tickets! however, local railcards are now recognised on them!
and apart from the fact that they run on Windows which crashes! Well, the one in Newton Abbot does anyway.... |
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« Reply #77 on: March 10, 2008, 13:18:19 » |
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FGW▸ should already have them accepting Solo and Electron.
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« Reply #78 on: March 10, 2008, 13:57:24 » |
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The DB» ones which are similar will issue Lander Group tickets and Schones Wockende group tickets.
The ones in Dresden will issue them in advance for Saxony and Berlin Brandenberg which means a group of 5 can travel from Dresden to Berlin for 52 Euro admittedly you have to travel by RE▸ Double deck not on the through EC. They are from (Prague or further East) which cost 35 Euro for one. Admittedly it's a 21/2 to 3 hour run on the RE without buffet as opposed to 2 hour run on the EC with resturant car. However the RE is quicker to Sconefelde (Easy Jet) airport as you make a 2 nd change on the outskirts of Berlin as opposed to going into the HBF and back out.
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« Reply #79 on: March 10, 2008, 16:53:01 » |
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^30,000 per machine, installed, they are great bits of kit apart from the fact that they don't do groupsave tickets! however, local railcards are now recognised on them!
and apart from the fact that they run on Windows which crashes! Well, the one in Newton Abbot does anyway.... Newton Abbot has an older style ticket machine, although I imagine the big blue ones elsewhere also use windows :p |
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« Reply #80 on: March 10, 2008, 17:06:59 » |
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FGW▸ should already have them accepting Solo and Electron.
Last time I tried it refused the card... about 2 weeks ago! Worked in a shop about 10 minutes later. |
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« Reply #81 on: September 11, 2008, 08:04:45 » |
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Does anyone know what happend to the Ticket machine at my (for all my sins) local station on Platform 2? (Bristol 'down' Direction) I arrived this morning on the morning commute to work (get free travel, so why bother driving!!) and found the stump of the ticket machine base, covered over with a piece of plywood stuck down using the good old FGW▸ Yellow & Black 'Chevron' tape  . (before anyone says "You work for FGW, you tell us!!", I work on the Engineering side of the company, not Operations and the station was unstaffed today!) |
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« Reply #82 on: September 11, 2008, 08:15:58 » |
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Judging by the performance of other ticket machines reported on here recently, I'd suggest it's probably dissolved.
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« Reply #83 on: September 11, 2008, 08:28:24 » |
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Just off to work on that stretch, so I will try to find out. Nothing to do with the new college term I trust?  |
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« Reply #84 on: September 11, 2008, 09:30:40 » |
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Photo taken on the 13/04/2008 :  |
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« Reply #85 on: September 11, 2008, 15:03:29 » |
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Unofficial word is that persons unknown attempted to 'borrow' the machine...using a 'borrowed' 4x4. Vehicle came off worse according to my source.
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« Reply #86 on: September 11, 2008, 20:36:00 » |
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Unofficial word is that persons unknown attempted to 'borrow' the machine...using a 'borrowed' 4x4. Vehicle came off worse according to my source.
 F**king w**kers!!! Typical of sodding Yate Thanks G.Uard |
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« Reply #87 on: September 12, 2008, 21:48:36 » |
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Unofficial word is that persons unknown attempted to 'borrow' the machine...using a 'borrowed' 4x4. Vehicle came off worse according to my source.
Yes, thanks indeed, G.Uard! Now, the question perhaps arises: if these ^20,000 ticket machines are apparently 4x4-proof ... why aren't they also water-proof  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #88 on: September 14, 2008, 23:34:56 » |
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Are there reliability figures for the machines, perhaps 'Tickets between failure' figures that DaFT» might like to look at.  |
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« Reply #89 on: September 15, 2008, 10:24:31 » |
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Unofficial word is that persons unknown attempted to 'borrow' the machine...using a 'borrowed' 4x4. Vehicle came off worse according to my source.
Yes, thanks indeed, G.Uard! Now, the question perhaps arises: if these ^20,000 ticket machines are apparently 4x4-proof ... why aren't they also water-proof Why aren't they also water-proof Good question, it's attention to detail again like watering toilets. |
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