Saltaire Station Ticket Machine

[johntea]

Noticed today some Network Rail workers at Saltaire station fiddling with the ticket machine, went back this evening and they appear to have removed the card payment facility.

Seemed a bit odd? At first I thought they had removed the cash payment options and card only (Which would make sense if there had been a few thefts) but they've actually done the reverse!

 

[Mojo]

Network Rail staff?

 

[johntea]

Network Rail staff?

Yes. I did find that a little odd myself!

 

[tsr]

That sounds a bit weird. There is always the possibility they may have been people in fake uniforms and may have been tampering with the machine. There should be a record of all maintenance and changes to the machine's systems (or very probably, at least). If I were you, I'd check with the TOC which runs the station, just in case this was not exactly as it should have been.

Hopefully I am wrong, but it is always best to report any suspicious activity - and if there was a harmless reason or some strange coincidence (maybe Northern Rail staff turned up after you left, to carry out further machine maintenance) then the report will probably not be taken any further, of course.

 

[Gathursty]

Solitaire???

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Solitaire???

Yeah, it's named after the founder, Sir Titus Solit

 

[Bantamzen]

Noticed today some Network Rail workers at Saltaire station fiddling with the ticket machine, went back this evening and they appear to have removed the card payment facility.

Seemed a bit odd? At first I thought they had removed the cash payment options and card only (Which would make sense if there had been a few thefts) but they've actually done the reverse!

Maybe the reader was faulty, I know sometimes they can be a bit flaky so perhaps it was removed for maintenance / replacement? But as others have suggested, maybe contact Northern just to be on the safe side.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Yeah, it's named after the founder, Sir Titus Solit

Was he the person who was instrumental in ensuring that all computers had that iconic game as part of their installed packages in order that receptionists at companies had something else to do during the working day when they were bored with filing their nails....

 

[nrturner]

A colleague uses Saltaire to commute to work every day. Yesterday, she said that people were trying to shove credit cards in the banknote slot and wondering why nothing was happening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

A colleague uses Solitaire to commute to work every day. Yesterday, she said that people were trying to shove credit cards in the banknote slot and wondering why nothing was happening.

It is matters such as you describe that leads to the old adage...
"Yorkshire born,
Yorkshire bred,
Strong in th'arm.
Thick in th'ead"....:roll: