The Anonymous Widower

There Would Appear To Be Good Connections At Clapham Junction

One of my gripes with Clapham Junction station, is that if you arrive on the Overground like I do, you have to exit the barriers to either purchase or pick up a ticket for your onward journey.

I did think it might be likely, that the obvious place for a machine, the refurbished pedestrian bridge, didn’t have proper network connections!

Cashpoints At Clapham Junction

Cashpoints At Clapham Junction

But it’s got these two cashpoints, so that can’t be the reason!

As it was today, I was changing for Redhill and missed my train by a minute or so, because I was delayed by having to walk a long way to get the ticket.

May 7, 2013 - Posted by | Transport/Travel | , , ,

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  1. […] Yesterday, I went to Paddington to go to Reading by train.  I needed to pick up a ticket that I’d bought on-line. The process isn’t difficult, although it could be improved, but it would certainly help if you could pick up rail tickets in the machines at important Underground and Overground stations. This is particularly annoying, when say I go to Gatwick and need to pick up a ticket for the last leg at Clapham Junction, as I detailed here. […]

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