What is the most 'interesting' ticket that you can get from a TVM?

[alex17595]

Hi guys, TVMs are well known for not having tickets that people may want (Rovers/ PTE products) but what tickets can you get from them that you may not have expected to.

For example;

- Boundary Zone tickets from some Southern TVM
- I was playing around with the TVM at Diss while waiting for a train and found that these sell tickets to Jersey/Guernsey (only undiscounted singles though)

 

[HSTfan!!!]

Arriva s&b TVM's there is a ticket to "UNUSED". Rather expensive also.

 

[hassaanhc]

The other week I was looking through one of the LUL machines at Waterloo and I found it offered a platform ticket for £1!

 

[Railsigns]

I'm not sure how common either of these 'tickets' are:

 

[bb21]

Quite common the first one. I have only seen the second one once, but around ten were chucked out at the same time.

 

[CarltonA]

I was once issued a travelcard by a TVM together with a blank ticket. I briefly considered discarding the blank. Fortunately I kept it as the printed ticket would not work any barriers and the blank worked them instead. :?

 

[Starmill]

I was once issued a travelcard by a TVM together with a blank ticket. I briefly considered discarding the blank. Fortunately I kept it as the printed ticket would not work any barriers and the blank worked them instead. :?

Gosh and that wouldn't look suspicious! If somebody saw you put a blank ticket through a barrier and it worked!? I assume they were stuck together in the machine?

 

[317666]

You can buy an Anglia Rover from ticket machines in the rover area, but you have to type 'Anglia Plus' as a destination and it prints out as a Day Single to Anglia Plus!

 

[Kite159]

You can buy an Anglia Rover from ticket machines in the rover area, but you have to type 'Anglia Plus' as a destination and it prints out as a Day Single to Anglia Plus!

That's useful to know.

I had a play at Worcester today, what would the permitted route to go to Jersey be? http://www.brfares.com/#!fares?orig=DTW&dest=JSY

 

[tsr]

That's useful to know.

I had a play at Worcester today, what would the permitted route to go to Jersey be? http://www.brfares.com/#!fares?orig=DTW&dest=JSY

"Not via High Seas 1"?

In seriousness... presumably any permitted route from the destination station to the station(s) nearest to any Condor Ferries terminal(s) which has/have services operating to Jersey, and vice versa.

 

[alex17595]

"Not via High Seas 1"?

In seriousness... presumably any permitted route from the destination station to the station(s) nearest to any Condor Ferries terminal(s) which has/have services operating to Jersey, and vice versa.

Probably the direct train to Weymouth from Worcester