Entry: Beware Train Ticket Machines that Overcharge Saturday, January 08, 2005



At Manor Park Station, you have to buy a ticket from a machine when the ticket office is closed or busy.

So I wanted to buy a ticket, a One-Way, aka Single into Underground zone 1.  I was horrified that it showed me the lowest fare for this journey was the One Day Travelcard at £5.20.

Today I asked the Station Attendant to check this, and he confirmed that it was wrong.  He also confirmed that I had been pressing the correct buttons on the machine.  They will look into it.

So don't get cheated by the Train Company.  These fares are ludicrously expensive already, what with the fare increases that happened over the New Year.  And the entire Transport ticket-checking system is quick to come down on you with a £10 fine if you've got the wrong ticket.  So when they start selling the wrong tickets and are taking more money from you than is correct, wouldn't it be nice if you could as an individual slap them back with a £100 fine?

I took the bus instead.  Sod Ken Livingstone.

   3 comments

yelow
March 25, 2005   12:55 AM PST
 
i ride manor park station for free
most times the machine is fooked or no1 is selling
i jus say safe to the guy selling his stuff then get on
Gerry
January 12, 2005   07:03 PM PST
 
As at today, Wednesday the 12th January, the ticket machine is still cheating people. Despite the problem being confirmed and reported by both Station Attendants.
The single fare from Manor Park to an Underground station in Zone 1 should be £3.80, but in fact the fare offered is £5.20, the same as the Off Peak Zone 1-4 Day Travelcard at £5.20.

Time to raise hell.
Andy
January 9, 2005   12:00 AM PST
 
You can't get Oystercards charged up at Manor Park Station, you have to go to the newsagent over the road - who doesn't accept payment by card - so then you have to go all the way to Tesco to get cash and by the time you get back to the station you've missed two trains arghhhhh!!

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