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MSE News: Rail passengers using self-service machines to get a better deal
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"Commuters will be told about the cheapest train fares available from March as part of a new rail fare code of conduct ..."
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Rail passengers using self-service machines to get a better deal
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About time. my local train station machine will happily sell you a return ticket to London that is more expensive than a one day travel card. The one day travel cards are also available from the same machine but you have to know it exists to search for it.
Whether this means that it will also tell you that it would be cheaper still to tap in and out on the oyster reader 2 foot away from the machine will be worth seeing.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
"As a first step, they must label all self-service machines by March to warn passengers they could save money by using the counter service."
Are they going to provide refreshments while the people in the queue go slowly insane behind the idiot who thinks he is in a travel agents?0 -
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With the idiots that run our railways, buying a railway ticket has become more complicated than booking a package holiday.
Its very simple if you have any forethought at all. You can check and book online and either have tickets delivered to you (they do this to me for free) or be able to pick them up at a machine.0 -
Most cheap tickets are advance purchase, for off-peak times any way. Turning up at the station and try to get the cheapest ticket reminds me of the old joke:
Q: How do I get to Cleethorpe?
A: I wouldn't start from here if I were you.0 -
What station is that? Is the Travelcard an option?
Yes in London zone 6, so a travelcard can be bought for £17 peak or £12 off-peak or £11.70 daily cap. Single ticket would be £9.60!I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
Nationalise the nasty boys, remove all disgusting management back handers for just doing their job adequately and run the system as a national requirement; not a pocket filling exercise for the rich; who travel by Mercedes anyhow.
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Single tickets are £6.90 - Thameslink only or £9.60 to include the underground.
Station code is ELS.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0
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