Just back from seeing Mrs Tenkaykev off on the London train. The train heading down to Weymouth was delayed over half an hour "due to staff shortages " We were waiting inside the station and a woman went to the ticket office with an enquiry. She had booked a ticket to London for the previous day, and as we were advised, all tickets from yesterdays cancellations are valid for today. She'd booked it as an " E ticket " on her phone, the issue was as the day of travel had passed, the ticket was no longer showing on her phone. The chap in the ticket office explained that they have no access to the Electronic ticket system as it was a completely separate system operated by the various individual train companies. The lady then asked if she would be penalised if she was unable to show her ticket and was told, in theory, yes, as she would be unable to show a valid ticket. I didn't hear the outcome of the conversation but it did get me thinking. I'm a bit paranoid about things like that, and when purchasing train tickets online I opt for collection from the ticket machine at the station, or if that isn't an option I download the ticket and print it out as well ( I also take a screenshot of the ticket on my phone )
Perhaps there is some way of accessing expired tickets, and I'm sure that in the circumstances the ticket inspector would understand and not penalise the lady.
Perhaps there is some way of accessing expired tickets, and I'm sure that in the circumstances the ticket inspector would understand and not penalise the lady.
It is a lovely sunny morning though.
. Bleh
