Platform tickets??

[Rampvan]

prob a dumb question but can you still buy platform tickets???

 

[Tom]

Yep - ticket office.

 

[Donny Dave]

Yep, and some station (Leeds for example) require you to have a platform ticket if you are not travelling.

 

[metrocammel]

prob a dumb question but can you still buy platform tickets???

10p at most stations (though some will refuse to sell them - though they shouldn't). Leeds is the only station I know where they cost 20p, and at Leeds you can get funky Almex "carpark-style" machine platform tickets...

 

[Mojo]

Lots of stations don't do them. Birmingham New Street gives them free if you approach the barrier with a ticket-travelling customer. FGW don't do them at all. Some stations (eg: Bristol Parkway) will let you through with a fare paying customer.

 

[Daniel]

Asked for a platform ticket at Basingstoke, referred me to the gateline staff, they gave me a blank ticket for my friend as I had a ticket.

 

[nath9425]

Anybody know if Chiltern Railways do them??

 

[Daniel]

Don't worry about if they do it or not. If they won't give you one, them make a complaint - its in the Conditions of Carridge that you should be able to get one.

 

[Julian G]

LUL does Platform Tickets for £1. They can be brought from the Ticket Machine as well

 

[5872]

WOking and Basingstke you need a ticket but on Bomo I weren't aloud on!

 

[Tom]

Bournemouth, just buy a ticket to Pokesdown or Branksome if they refuse to sell you a platform ticket. They shouldn't though... ask the RPI and tell them you're a non-commercial photographer.

 

[westcoaster]

Anybody know if Chiltern Railways do them??

when i took my pics at aylesbury they let me through on the platform, asked the booking office clerk, and she opened the barriers for me

 

[nath9425]

Oh good! I think they don't do platform tickets! I will have to do some enquires!

 

[Kris]

From Dobbin's mouth : -

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/passenger_services/guidelines_for_rail_enthusiasts.htm

 

[Kris]

Ha ha

Show them the Welsh version


Cyngor ar gyfer y rhai sy’n frwdfrydig am y rheilffyrdd ac sy’n ymweld â gorsafoedd ar y rhwydwaith Rheilffyrdd Cenedlaethol
Rhagarweiniad
Mae holl Gwmnïau Gweithredu Trenau Prydain a Network Rail yn croesawu’r rhai sy’n frwdfrydig am y rheilffyrdd i’w gorsafoedd. Bwriad y canllawiau hyn yw sicrhau eich bod yn cael profiad diogel a llawn mwynhad wrth i chi fwynhau eich diddordeb.
Cyn i chi fynd ar y platfform
Mewn gorsafoedd mawr, rhowch wybod i’r Rheolwr/aig Gorsaf ar Ddyletswydd eich bod yno, os gwelwch yn dda. Bydd hyn yn sicrhau bod staff yr orsaf yn ymwybodol eich bod yn yr orsaf ac y gallant fynd rhagddynt gyda’u dyletswyddau heb bryderu ynglŷn â pham rydych chi yno. Mewn gorsafoedd llai, dylech sicrhau eich bod yn rhoi gwybod i aelod o staff yr orsaf am eich gweithgareddau. Efallai y byddwch angen tocyn platfform i gael mynediad i’r platfform.
Ar blatfform yr orsaf
Dylech sicrhau eich bod yn ymddwyn yn synhwyrol ac mewn modd diogel bob amser. Cofiwch y canlynol:
§ Cadwch yn glir oddi wrth ymyl y platfform, a thu ôl i’r llinellau melyn sydd yno am resymau’n ymwneud â diogelwch.
§ Peidiwch â thresmasu ar unrhyw ran o’r rheilffordd nad yw’n agored i deithwyr.
§ Peidiwch â dringo ar unrhyw adeiledd nac ymyrryd ag offer platfform.
§ Gwnewch yn siŵr nad ydych yn achosi rhwystr i unrhyw offer nac arwyddion signal sy’n hanfodol i sicrhau bod y rheilffyrdd yn rhedeg yn ddiogel.
§ Peidiwch â gwisgo unrhyw beth sy’n debyg o ran lliw i ddillad diogelwch, fel siacedi gwelededd amlwg, gan y gallai hyn achosi dryswch i yrwyr neu weithwyr eraill y rheilffordd.
§ Ceisiwch osgoi ymgasglu ger mannau prysur ar y platfform (e.e. mannau gwybodaeth i gwsmeriaid, sgriniau sy’n dangos manylion trenau sy’n ymadael, mannau aros, seddau, etc.) neu unrhyw le a allai ymyrryd â dyletswyddau staff yr orsaf.
§ Byddwch yn ymwybodol o’r hyn sydd o’ch cwmpas. Hefyd, gofynnwn yn garedig i chi wneud nodyn o unrhyw ymddygiad a gweithgareddau anarferol a rhoi gwybod i aelod o staff os gwelwch unrhyw beth amheus neu, mewn achosion mwy difrifol, ffoniwch yr Heddlu Trafnidiaeth Prydeinig ar 0800 40 50 40. Mewn argyfwng, ffoniwch 999. Gall eich presenoldeb mewn gorsaf fod o gymorth mawr i ni fel “llygaid a chlustiau” ychwanegol, a gall fod yn fuddiol o ran diogelwch.
Tynnu Lluniau
Caniateir tynnu lluniau mewn gorsafoedd os ydych yn gwneud hynny ar gyfer defnydd personol. Os ydych yn tynnu lluniau masnachol, mae’n rhaid i chi gael caniatâd ymlaen llaw oddi wrth y cwmni trên priodol neu oddi wrth gwmni Network Rail yn ei 17 prif orsaf. Mewn gorsafoedd prysur, gall defnyddio trybedd fod yn rhwystr peryglus i deithwyr ac efallai y byddwch yn cael cais i beidio â defnyddio un. Hefyd, rhaid cadw coesau’r drybedd i ffwrdd oddi wrth ymyl y platfform a thu ôl i’r llinellau melyn. Ni chaniateir tynnu lluniau fflash ar blatfformau gan y gallai hyn dynnu sylw gyrwyr trenau a staff sy’n anfon trenau ar eu ffordd ac felly, gallai fod yn beryglus. Hefyd, ni chewch dynnu lluniau o offer diogelwch fel camerâu teledu cylch caeëdig.
Is-ddeddfau’r Rheilffyrdd
I sicrhau teithiau didrafferth a diogelwch ar y system reilffyrdd (sy’n cynnwys teithwyr, staff, eiddo ac offer), rhaid i bawb ymlynu wrth yr Is-ddeddfau. Gallwch gael copi o’r Is-ddeddfau yn y mwyafrif o orsafoedd sydd â staff, a gallwch eu lawrlwytho oddi ar wefan yr SRA.
Yn Gyffredinol
Un o brif flaenoriaethau’r Cwmnïau Trên yw sicrhau bod eu teithwyr a’u staff yn ddiogel. O bryd i’w gilydd, mae’n bosibl y bydd staff gorsaf yn gofyn i chi symud i ran arall o’r orsaf neu adael yr orsaf yn gyfangwbl. Dylai staff yr orsaf fod yn fodlon egluro pam fod angen gwneud hyn ac os ydych yn teithio ymlaen ar drên, mae’n bosibl y byddant yn gofyn i chi aros yn y mannau aros arferol gyda theithwyr eraill. Os yw hyn yn digwydd, ufuddhewch mewn ewyllys da gan fod rhaid i’r staff ystyried nifer o bethau gan gynnwys diogelwch yr holl deithwyr, ac mae ganddynt hawl i wneud penderfyniadau fel hyn.
Diolch i chi am ddarllen a chydymffurfio â’r canllawiau hyn. Gobeithiwn y bydd yr wybodaeth hon yn ddefnyddiol i chi pan fyddwch yn ymweld â gorsaf y tro nesaf.

 

[Tom]

Didn't notice a Welsh version before! I note that it states that the railway bylaws are on the DfT website now, used to be on ATOC I thought.

 

[Kris]

Pass. I just 'Googled' Platform ticket and that's what came up.

By the looks of things they can't stop you going on the platform. Bournemouth's just being a bit hot on the scroats and Chavs that use the station as a short cut.

Recommendations : - don't wear a hoodie
don't carry a can of lager with no shirt on
don't have a dog on a piece of string

 

[Tom]

Depends on who you get on the doors really, some of those RPIs are really desparate for revenue! I saw them attempt to ching someone (were obviously new and didn't know local arrangements) on a Network Railcard attempting to travel on the 0959 Bomo - London (which is actually valid from Weymouth).

 

[Kris]

If it's the same rules as when I was a guard - an exception is made for people south of Poole because they have less choice of trains and their next one wouldn't arrive in London for another hour.

I could never be that pedantic and used to let them travel anyway. Same for the APEX tickets. Early? Plenty of room on this one - don't worry about it.

 

[Darandio]

I have decided that I am going to start doing my own railway photgraphy and was wondering whether this applies to every station, or is it just stations with barriers? Obviously in an open station I can just walk straight on to the platform but do I need to seek permission before using the camera?

 

[Tom]

Follow the guidelines and you're generally OK. I'd rather not start the argument all over again...

 

[Darandio]

Yeah, sorry Tom, I didn't look hard enough for the guidelines and saw them in that colourful thread. Don't want to open up that can of worms again.
Seems like the basic thing to do is to tell the staff you are there, keeps everyone right.

 

[Nathan]

Follow the guidelines and you're generally OK. I'd rather not start the argument all over again...

And what if they don't believe you, had this problem at Bomo yesterday when i dont look 15 but i am and im young that i dont have a drivers licence to show Instead i explain that i am a rail enthusiast and i broke my journey to get a class 20. I really wanted to wave it back in her face half an hour later

 

[yorkie]

And what if they don't believe you, had this problem at Bomo yesterday when i dont look 15 but i am and im young that i dont have a drivers licence to show Instead i explain that i am a rail enthusiast and i broke my journey to get a class 20. I really wanted to wave it back in her face half an hour later

I can't understand what you are saying. What did you do, what did you say and what did they not believe?

 

[metrocammel]

Lots of stations don't do them. Birmingham New Street gives them free if you approach the barrier with a ticket-travelling customer. FGW don't do them at all. Some stations (eg: Bristol Parkway) will let you through with a fare paying customer.

fGW do platforms tix! I have one from every APTIS at W01-W14 at Padd, and also "Padd Thames Trns", also Ealing Bdwy, Twyford, Slough etc.. and a APTIS platform (printed on Pink Supplement stock) from Temple Meads - (all the above though (except at Temple Meads) were printed on my own platform blanks.

Anybody know if Chiltern Railways do them??

They should do... and I have got platforms from Marylebone, Aylesbury and Bham Moor St, however I once tried at Gerrards Cross, and the guy there said he the machine could issue them, but his manager had instructed that they shouldn't be issued!? - which contravenes the ATOC guidelines, so in hindsight I probably should have made a complaint.

 

[Tom C]

when i dont look 15 but i am and im young that i dont have a drivers licence to show

Easy solution

Go to the ticket office with two passport photos and proof of age and they will issue you with a Child photocard. Its really issued to support seasons but its an easy way to prove your age on trains and makes life much easier for both gripper and punter .

 

[175001]

Ha ha

Show them the Welsh version


Cyngor ar gyfer y rhai sy’n frwdfrydig am y rheilffyrdd ac sy’n ymweld â gorsafoedd ar y rhwydwaith Rheilffyrdd Cenedlaethol
Rhagarweiniad
Mae holl Gwmnïau Gweithredu Trenau Prydain a Network Rail yn croesawu’r rhai sy’n frwdfrydig am y rheilffyrdd i’w gorsafoedd. Bwriad y canllawiau hyn yw sicrhau eich bod yn cael profiad diogel a llawn mwynhad wrth i chi fwynhau eich diddordeb.
Cyn i chi fynd ar y platfform
Mewn gorsafoedd mawr, rhowch wybod i’r Rheolwr/aig Gorsaf ar Ddyletswydd eich bod yno, os gwelwch yn dda. Bydd hyn yn sicrhau bod staff yr orsaf yn ymwybodol eich bod yn yr orsaf ac y gallant fynd rhagddynt gyda’u dyletswyddau heb bryderu ynglŷn â pham rydych chi yno. Mewn gorsafoedd llai, dylech sicrhau eich bod yn rhoi gwybod i aelod o staff yr orsaf am eich gweithgareddau. Efallai y byddwch angen tocyn platfform i gael mynediad i’r platfform.
Ar blatfform yr orsaf
Dylech sicrhau eich bod yn ymddwyn yn synhwyrol ac mewn modd diogel bob amser. Cofiwch y canlynol:
§ Cadwch yn glir oddi wrth ymyl y platfform, a thu ôl i’r llinellau melyn sydd yno am resymau’n ymwneud â diogelwch.
§ Peidiwch â thresmasu ar unrhyw ran o’r rheilffordd nad yw’n agored i deithwyr.
§ Peidiwch â dringo ar unrhyw adeiledd nac ymyrryd ag offer platfform.
§ Gwnewch yn siŵr nad ydych yn achosi rhwystr i unrhyw offer nac arwyddion signal sy’n hanfodol i sicrhau bod y rheilffyrdd yn rhedeg yn ddiogel.
§ Peidiwch â gwisgo unrhyw beth sy’n debyg o ran lliw i ddillad diogelwch, fel siacedi gwelededd amlwg, gan y gallai hyn achosi dryswch i yrwyr neu weithwyr eraill y rheilffordd.
§ Ceisiwch osgoi ymgasglu ger mannau prysur ar y platfform (e.e. mannau gwybodaeth i gwsmeriaid, sgriniau sy’n dangos manylion trenau sy’n ymadael, mannau aros, seddau, etc.) neu unrhyw le a allai ymyrryd â dyletswyddau staff yr orsaf.
§ Byddwch yn ymwybodol o’r hyn sydd o’ch cwmpas. Hefyd, gofynnwn yn garedig i chi wneud nodyn o unrhyw ymddygiad a gweithgareddau anarferol a rhoi gwybod i aelod o staff os gwelwch unrhyw beth amheus neu, mewn achosion mwy difrifol, ffoniwch yr Heddlu Trafnidiaeth Prydeinig ar 0800 40 50 40. Mewn argyfwng, ffoniwch 999. Gall eich presenoldeb mewn gorsaf fod o gymorth mawr i ni fel “llygaid a chlustiau” ychwanegol, a gall fod yn fuddiol o ran diogelwch.
Tynnu Lluniau
Caniateir tynnu lluniau mewn gorsafoedd os ydych yn gwneud hynny ar gyfer defnydd personol. Os ydych yn tynnu lluniau masnachol, mae’n rhaid i chi gael caniatâd ymlaen llaw oddi wrth y cwmni trên priodol neu oddi wrth gwmni Network Rail yn ei 17 prif orsaf. Mewn gorsafoedd prysur, gall defnyddio trybedd fod yn rhwystr peryglus i deithwyr ac efallai y byddwch yn cael cais i beidio â defnyddio un. Hefyd, rhaid cadw coesau’r drybedd i ffwrdd oddi wrth ymyl y platfform a thu ôl i’r llinellau melyn. Ni chaniateir tynnu lluniau fflash ar blatfformau gan y gallai hyn dynnu sylw gyrwyr trenau a staff sy’n anfon trenau ar eu ffordd ac felly, gallai fod yn beryglus. Hefyd, ni chewch dynnu lluniau o offer diogelwch fel camerâu teledu cylch caeëdig.
Is-ddeddfau’r Rheilffyrdd
I sicrhau teithiau didrafferth a diogelwch ar y system reilffyrdd (sy’n cynnwys teithwyr, staff, eiddo ac offer), rhaid i bawb ymlynu wrth yr Is-ddeddfau. Gallwch gael copi o’r Is-ddeddfau yn y mwyafrif o orsafoedd sydd â staff, a gallwch eu lawrlwytho oddi ar wefan yr SRA.
Yn Gyffredinol
Un o brif flaenoriaethau’r Cwmnïau Trên yw sicrhau bod eu teithwyr a’u staff yn ddiogel. O bryd i’w gilydd, mae’n bosibl y bydd staff gorsaf yn gofyn i chi symud i ran arall o’r orsaf neu adael yr orsaf yn gyfangwbl. Dylai staff yr orsaf fod yn fodlon egluro pam fod angen gwneud hyn ac os ydych yn teithio ymlaen ar drên, mae’n bosibl y byddant yn gofyn i chi aros yn y mannau aros arferol gyda theithwyr eraill. Os yw hyn yn digwydd, ufuddhewch mewn ewyllys da gan fod rhaid i’r staff ystyried nifer o bethau gan gynnwys diogelwch yr holl deithwyr, ac mae ganddynt hawl i wneud penderfyniadau fel hyn.
Diolch i chi am ddarllen a chydymffurfio â’r canllawiau hyn. Gobeithiwn y bydd yr wybodaeth hon yn ddefnyddiol i chi pan fyddwch yn ymweld â gorsaf y tro nesaf.

Now that I can read

Da iawn!!

 

[Nick W]

Easy solution

Go to the ticket office with two passport photos and proof of age and they will issue you with a Child photocard. Its really issued to support seasons but its an easy way to prove your age on trains and makes life much easier for both gripper and punter .

Print 2 pictures of you from a computer and it won't even cost you £3.

 

[John]

I was let thro free last week by gate staff at Shrewsbury to use station cafe; Been refused access at Aylesbury on grounds of 'security' - complaint got no where

JHT

 

[westcoaster]

I was let thro free last week by gate staff at Shrewsbury to use station cafe; Been refused access at Aylesbury on grounds of 'security' - complaint got no where

JHT

i personally think different ppl, some will let you through some wont, some are being stereotypical, think your an idiot for taking photo's, had this prob at waterloo a couple of weeks back, guy on the gate would not let me through, because i asked if it was ok to go through and take a pic of a 159:angry8: (guy's reply what would you want to do that for), simple solution was to pay 55p and go to clapham and take the pic's:evil4: ,