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13 Mar 17
15:57
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For one reason or another I haven't been on a train since 1994,when the world was very different. I am going to London on Sat for 8 nights. Normally I would drive to the outermost tube station and park on the road near there. For health and other considerations that may no longer be a good idea,particularly as the hotel I am staying in is near the station my train would terminate. I gather if you buy tickets online you have to pick them up from a self-service machine. What are these and are they easy to find/use ?
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They are a minor pain, that's all. Big machine, can't miss em. Enter a booking number and the card you bought the tickets with. If you can't be bothered, they will post em for a fee.
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Thanks saddo.
I presume they send you the booking number by e-mail. I can't print anything off at the moment as haven't got a working printer. |
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They do, you only need to write it down. If you are passing earlier in the week you can get them anytime. My printer is buggered also.
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Mr Spray- when in the UK I use the trainline to book tickets- You can pick the tickets up from many stations, not just the departure/arrival station. Just take a note of the number given in the confirmatory e mail. Go to station, insert credit card you used online, punch in the code on your e mail. Out come the tickets. Whole process takes less than a minute. Nice n easy!
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Thanks folks. I think I'll risk it
 There are technophobes and then there is me. |
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You book online for the station and opt to pick them up at a particular station.
Useful if you can nip out any day beforehand (when it's quiet and there's not a queue of people tutting at you) Put in your card you paid with and key in the email code on the number pad / screen. It then lets you know it's printing (eg) 1 of 6 tickets in the tray below I did it last week and it took 45 seconds for the whole transaction and I'm not a frequent train user. It's much simpler taking your time at home, nipping there when it's quiet, rather than juggling a load of complicated screens and card numbers. |
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If you think you are a worse technophobe than me- I don't even know how to log on to the internet!
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Thank you for your input Mr Poppydog. You posted what I said, but more eloquently. Not surprising because English was one of my worst subjects at school. That along with spelling because I was illegitimate!
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You both posted what I said, but more long windedley, dr.
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At least it proves that great minds think alike! Anyway why use just a few words when you can spout a monologue! I always liked Kylie Monologue!
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I'm wondering if he's staying in kings Cross for eight nights
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I don't live that close to the station tbh and Cheltenham is a distraction. As I am travelling on a Sat around lunchtime I don't imagine there will be a queue,and anyway if there is and I get into a mess I can play the silly old duffer with considerable ease these days and hopefully somebody under 50 will come to my aid.
I am buying a return so will that be part of the ticket I pick up or will I have to go through the same process at...er...a certain London station ? |
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You will receive 3 tickets: outward, inward and receipt.
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5 probably, some are not tickets but booking confirmation, take care what you discard.
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Thanks.
Yep Kings Cross saddo. Been there the last 3 times I've been in London. Street full of cheap ( by London standards ) hotels. I'm not that big so might even be able to get in the shower. Used to go to Bloomsbury but the price round there soared. |
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I think it is about £1.50 extra to get them posted to you, which may be worth it depending on your stress levels, how much you value your time, how near you are to a station and how many miles your vehicle does to the gallon.
Of course, they may get lost in the post. |
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Split ticketing can reduce the cost and an over 60's railcard for £30 a year will give 1/3 off.
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Of course, if we knew the dates/times and stations involved, the number of passengers, the price sensitivity and time flexibility of the traveller, the Chit Chat Travel Agency (henceforth CCTA) would be able to prepare a full proposal.
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Won't be travelling again by train this year (1.01)so railcard not economic.
Had thought of getting them posted but stress levels would soar if they didn't arrive by Thurs. |
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It might be cheaper to drive down and leave the I10 on a pay car park.
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Have I let on I have an i10
 It is the new model. I used to park at Barnet off-road and get the tube in but where I parked could be residents only by now and even if it isn't it's hilly for London and I might struggle with a suitcase and backpack these days |
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I know more about you than you think SS with your five year triple care guarantee.
I used to be known as DI Crippen before I changed my name to Dr Crippen. |
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Not sure where your travelling from Salmon but beware of paying the 1st price quoted for your journey.
E>g Im going to Inverness beginning of April price qouted £160 odd quid single journey 2 changes By breaking journey down i can get there and back for £95 in total with only 1 extra change |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of-R3X4nduQ
... jools version of " last train to skaville " prefer the original myself.  |
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I've bought them and having them delivered ( special delivery ). I HAVE almost certainly overpaid but that is one reason I hate going by train.
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