Hopefully, The First Of The Many!
Transport for London have placed this ticket machine on the island platform 7 and 8 at Stratford station.
A Ticket Machine On Platform 7 And 8 At Stratford Station
Hopefully, it is the First of the Many!
The Germans do it all the time, as this picture, taken at a station in Leipzig shows.
It is just so convenient.
When I took the picture of the Stratford machine, I was going to Braintree, by using my |Freedom Pass to Shenfield and then buying a ticket to Braintree from Shenfield in the machine there.
But as I had my Shenfield to Braintree ticket before I left Stratford, it was just so much more quicker, not having to go through the barriers at Shenfield station to buy a ticket.
Knowing the way the self loading cargo ducks and dives its way around East London, I think it won’t be long before this machine at Stratford gets used in all sorts of legal ways.
- Buying a ticket for a train later in the day, or even later in the week, month or year.
- Buying an extension ticket to a Freedom Pass, Travel Card or even an ordinary ticket.
- Topping up your Oyster whilst waiting for a train.
- Avoiding queues at machines in Booking Halls and busy stations.
I do wonder how many people on seeing the mchine, are reminded to buy a ticket for a future trip.
I don’t know whether the machine at Stratford is an experiment or permanent, but this user would like to see more machines on platforms.
Stratford, is one of the few stations, where you can catch both Underground and National Rail trains. So I suppose, there could be times where passengers get to the station on the Central or JubileeLines with Oyster and want to use main line services to perhaps Colchester, Chelmsford or Southend, that stop at Stratford.
A ticket machine inside the barriers, avoids the need to go out to buy another.
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