the_holgate_roof
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Anyone know if you can pay for a ticket on the train or do you need to purchase at the ticket office??
That’s my understandingIt always used to depend where you get on. If Middlesbrough then you should have a ticket as it has a ticket office, but I think there are some stations where there is no office eg Allens West so you pay on train
Or has this changed due to the automated ticket machines?
I think as long as you get on where there isn't a ticket office or automated machine then you can pay on the train. You can pay on the train anyway but if you've got on at a station with tickets facilities the rules were change 3(?) years ago so that you aren't guaranteed to be able to buy the cheapest ticket on the train and can be charged a penalty fare.It always used to depend where you get on. If Middlesbrough then you should have a ticket as it has a ticket office, but I think there are some stations where there is no office eg Allens West so you pay on train
Or has this changed due to the automated ticket machines?
I understand this and my son works at this station. The rules are you should always get a ticket or promise to pay before boarding this train. If you fail to do this you are leaving yourself open to a fine. If the conductor does not apply this always to you then that is his discretion but my daughter has been fined twice on this route as she travels to work in Darlington ( every weekday) for being in a rush and hoping to pay on the train.The OP is asking about a specific train journey on which it is common practice to buy tickets on the train no matter where you get on, without penalty.
It may be but the conductor is within his rights to issue a penalty fine to anyone who hasn’t bought a ticket in advance. Don’t give bad advice to people when you don’t know the rules of travel.The OP is asking about a specific train journey on which it is common practice to buy tickets on the train no matter where you get on, without penalty.
Is it the same price?Allen’s West has a ticket machine (not always working). But doesn’t matter where you get on, you can buy on train. I always buy on the train.
If can only pay in coins the promise to pay does not accept coinsAnyone know if you can pay for a ticket on the train or do you need to purchase at the ticket office??