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Paper and mobile train tickets to be replaced with GPS tracking in new travel trial (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 21 hours ago by thehatfox@lemmy.world to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 17 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 4 points 15 hours ago

Or nationalise it and then simplify it like this:

https://lemmy.world/post/35279858

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 13 hours ago

Glad I'm from Northern Ireland where our railways are still somewhat nationalised