Tim Watts
2015-06-26 12:55:30 UTC
I asked today at the ticket office if they would ever upgrade the ticket
machine to allow alternative start stations.
"Then people would not buy the correct fare" was the reply.
Seemed like a typical railway "can't do-won't do" attitude. I know she
had no power to decide one way or the other, but assuming that view is
not isolated:
1) The machine could at least allow more expensive start stations (to
return back further than one started from - something I do once or twice
a week).
2) Fiddlers can always buy online if they plan ahead.
machine to allow alternative start stations.
"Then people would not buy the correct fare" was the reply.
Seemed like a typical railway "can't do-won't do" attitude. I know she
had no power to decide one way or the other, but assuming that view is
not isolated:
1) The machine could at least allow more expensive start stations (to
return back further than one started from - something I do once or twice
a week).
2) Fiddlers can always buy online if they plan ahead.