Queuing system in place getting INTO Brighton station from 6am onwards on Saturday...

[Plake]

Absolute shit this evening. All ticket machines taped over so have to queue for ages at the ticket office then go back out of the station and into the queue lane for train. Why take the machines out of action on one of the busiest days of the year?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Absolute shit this evening. All ticket machines taped over so have to queue for ages at the ticket office then go back out of the station and into the queue lane for train. Why take the machines out of action on one of the busiest days of the year?

Out of interest do Southern have an app you can buy tickets on? Makes life a lot easier.

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

Out of interest do Southern have an app you can buy tickets on? Makes life a lot easier.

Wouldn't you still have to collect them?

With the machines out of service that would mean queuing up anyway

 

[spring hall convert]

My local MP has been working hard to put pressure on the numpties causing this farce, all power to his elbow as he is a very good MP. Shame he won't be standing in this constituency as the the sitting MP at the next general election. Another reason to hate all that Corbyn stands for.

Gold.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Wouldn't you still have to collect them?

With the machines out of service that would mean queuing up anyway

The app I use the ticket is downloaded to the phone.

 

[Ernest]

Absolute shit this evening. All ticket machines taped over so have to queue for ages at the ticket office then go back out of the station and into the queue lane for train. Why take the machines out of action on one of the busiest days of the year?

Because you have a total idiot called Paul Wyborn running the station

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

The app I use the ticket is downloaded to the phone.

No app - Southern want you to use their smart card instead. An app would be great as it gets around the issue of the ticket machines being so unreliable.

 

[Gazwag]

Wouldn't you still have to collect them?

With the machines out of service that would mean queuing up anyway

People should use their common sense and collect their tickets days even weeks earlier then.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

People should use their common sense and collect their tickets days even weeks earlier then.

Common sense is making trains and tickets accessible. It's 2016, one shouldn't need to bother with machines or ticket offices these days if they don't want to.

I can travel by train using my phone, I can fly around the world using my phone, I can see gigs using my phone. I could shove my phone up the arse of the Southern boss as well.

 

[Gazwag]

Common sense is making trains and tickets accessible. It's 2016, one shouldn't need to bother with machines or ticket offices these days if they don't want to.

I can travel by train using my phone, I can fly around the world using my phone, I can see gigs using my phone. I could shove my phone up the arse of the Southern boss as well.

I don't disagree but the UK whole train system isn't able to cope with mobile phone tickets at the moment. I guess the equipment to read the info isn't cost effective as it would mean putting/upgrading readers at every station.

 

[Plake]

Out of interest do Southern have an app you can buy tickets on? Makes life a lot easier.

Not to my knowledge and agree would be much better. Works for the buses.

In other news now on the 0100 train from Victoria and it smells of feet.