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« Reply #270 on: October 10, 2010, 20:33:43 »
The other problems with these S&B TVM▸ (Ticket Vending Machine)'s is they don't work during cold weather... My understanding is that these machines work by the heat of your hands to press which ticket you require...!

I remember a very cold day where I didn't have my gloves with me and I arrived at Gillingham Station in Dorset and was presented with a closed ticket office and a rather lonely looking S&B TVM at the station... I did attempt for the best part of 20 minutes to buy a FOR to Clapham Junction... but because my hands were so cold, I couldn't make it work... So I spoke to the Guard on the platform when the train arrived and asked if I could buy a ticket, he told me to jump on, so I said i'd be in First Class... I was most glad that I couldn't make that TVM work... I wasn't aware that Weekend First Applied on bank holiday's...! The guard pointed this out to me and sold me a Standard Off Peak Return and didn't even charge me for Weekend First Grin That saved myself a considerable sum Grin
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« Reply #271 on: October 11, 2010, 08:35:50 »
And the remaining one at nailsea isn't fully functioning - spent a good 15 minutes yesterday trying to get the collect prepaid tickets button working before I gave up and travelled on my printout
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