Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

…and while I’m forgetting things until just after I press the ‘send’ button – whats happened to the travelcard system? I got a one day card from Cambridge this morning which was rejected by every single barrier I tried to put it into, leading to the hunt for a guard on the gates who will actually believe its a real ticket and let me through, I thought this technology was supposed to make peoples lives easier?


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  1. karohemd

    Travelcards should work if they have all zones (1-6) printed on them.
    Who knows, it might have been faulty or the machine didn’t work properly…

    What they did change is that a single or return ticket doesn’t automatically include tube to all London stations (it used to), you now need to specifically state which zone you’re travelling to.

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  2. aperrott

    Nah, this technology is supposed to save the train operators from having to employ ticket inspectors; whilst making fare dodging difficult. :-)

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