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I'll stick to paper tickets for the time being. In my case: A paper ticket is simpler and quicker to buy, and I can wait until I am reasonably convinced train
by mytailorisrich 3y ago
I'll stick to paper tickets for the time being.
In my case:
A paper ticket is simpler and quicker to buy, and I can wait until I am reasonably convinced trains are running before buying.
Scanners for e-tickets don't work. Every day I see people fighting with them with their smartphones while I just wizz past.
Sometimes "old tech" just works.
(I use TfL trains but not tube so infrastructure is shared with other operators in standard train stations. It may work better in the tube)
- nsteel 3y agoThis is about the tube so none of what you've written here is relevent. There are of course no "scanners for e-tickets" on the tube and there's no world where buying a physical ticket for a tube journey is faster than using contactless at the gate. New tech wins on the tube.
- mytailorisrich 3y agoOh dear, I've ruffled a few feathers here...
- nsteel 3y agoMisleading offtopic posts are a bit frustrating, yes.
- ta1243 3y ago> There are of course no "scanners for e-tickets" on the tube and there's no world where buying a physical ticket for a tube journey is faster than using contactless at the gate. The lack of scanners at Underground stations is a pain for cross-London journeys -- you can't get a ticket from say Milton Keynes to Tunbridge Wells on an e-ticket because it includes the cross-london element
- nsteel 3y agoThat's a very fair criticism. They should at least make an eticket version of that route a few quid cheaper and make it clear the journey doesn't include the tube part.
- avianlyric 3y agoWhat “TfL trains” are you using that aren’t part of the oyster system and accept QR e-tickets? Also how is buying a paper ticket faster and easier than just tapping your card at the gate line? You can even wait till you know your train is going to arrive before tapping!
- seabass-labrax 3y agoBoth Oyster and National Rail tickets are valid on the Elizabeth Line, despite it being effectively part of the TfL network. Should National Rail introduce a smartcard? Probably - but they don't have one yet, so it's not unreasonable that parent would be frustrated by the unreliable QR code scanners.
- multjoy 3y agoThe ITSO card is just that.
- seabass-labrax 3y agoIndeed; I forgot that! Maybe I should get one...
- mytailorisrich 3y agoElizabeth line.