Comment on Paper and mobile train tickets to be replaced with GPS tracking in new travel trial
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Bag of cocks. Simplify the ticketing system by: a) make all the tickets generally cheaper, so you don’t need to make special advance super saver restricted use tickets b) actually tell us when peak time is, and keep it consistent c) no more “you can only use it on this train company” tickets d) no more “you can only use it on this exact train” tickets. If you cancel my train, I’m getting on the next train that goes there and you’re accepting my ticket. e) there are three main tickets - single, day return, period return f) you can buy discounted tickets for a week, month, year of the same journey g) you can buy a ticket online, from a website to email, from an app, in a ticket office with a person or from a machine
Basically, just get rid of the stupid shit with all the “special” conditions on it.
Myeah not entirely an unfair comment.
But I’ve worked in Switzerland and literally it’s even simpler there. You start and app, you say “I’m starting a journey”, you climb onboard and when you get off, you indicate on the app that the journey has completed. You are then charged the cheapest for a journey from your A to your B.
Still inspection onboard, eg if you sit in first class with a second class tracking ticket, but it’s a two-click operation.
Fairtiq it’s called. Pretty neat.
Or nationalise it and then simplify it like this:
Glad I’m from Northern Ireland where our railways are still somewhat nationalised
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 hours ago
a) prices are set at a level that balances the oversupply at off-peak times and the under supply at peak times. The solution to this is to build new rail routes but the NIMBYs have taken over.
b) peak demand occurs at different times at different parts of the network. Operators do make those times available.
c) these will be gone when franchises are rolled up.
d) that’s already in the T&Cs of advance tickets