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Does the conductor make you buy a new ticket, or they can process your reservation number? Sometimes I get to the station late and the line is very long and quick track is out of service.
This.Does the conductor make you buy a new ticket,
What verification is needed if you have the print out of your reservation with the barcode and name on it. Then you can show them your drivers license also.No, because they have no way of verifying the reservation. When you buy a ticket, you give them payment, they give you a ticket - no outside verification needed.
I think this happened on one train and the conductor had the people meet him at an agent desk at chicago union station ( that was the final destination ).Now I've seen people arrive 5 minutes before departure, and they don't have their ticket yet at a staffed station. They'll still get you on, but I don't know exactly what the conductor does after that.
All you have a receipt. How does the conductor know what happened to your ticket? Did you submit it for a refund? Did you hand it to your friend, who in turn, handed it to the conductor already?This does not make any sense. If you already paid for your reservation, why do you have to buy a new ticket? If they can process buying new tickets, can't they process your reservation?
It would be trivially easy to create a realistic looking printout and ride for free.What verification is needed if you have the print out of your reservation with the barcode and name on it. Then you can show them your drivers license also.No, because they have no way of verifying the reservation. When you buy a ticket, you give them payment, they give you a ticket - no outside verification needed.
Many times I have made a reservation for same or next day travel and then boarded at an unmanned station without a ticket. In such a case I get a reservation code either online or from the phone agent with the instructions- pick up ticket from conductor on the train. The conductor onboard has the tickets already printed out for me when I board and I just have to sign the ticket and a form indicating I have received the ticket. I have done this numerous times with no problems.If the conductor asks for your ticket, and you have none, then you either have to buy a ticket or leave the train.
It makes sense, but you simply do not understand it. Big difference.This does not make any sense. If you already paid for your reservation, why do you have to buy a new ticket? If they can process buying new tickets, can't they process your reservation?
Let's try this from a different angle:This does not make any sense. If you already paid for your reservation, why do you have to buy a new ticket? If they can process buying new tickets, can't they process your reservation?
I thought we were specifically talking about manned station, with even a ticket machine being available.Many times I have made a reservation for same or next day travel and then boarded at an unmanned station without a ticket.
They won't arrange to do that if you are traveling from a staffed station.Many times I have made a reservation for same or next day travel and then boarded at an unmanned station without a ticket. In such a case I get a reservation code either online or from the phone agent with the instructions- pick up ticket from conductor on the train. The conductor onboard has the tickets already printed out for me when I board and I just have to sign the ticket and a form indicating I have received the ticket. I have done this numerous times with no problems.If the conductor asks for your ticket, and you have none, then you either have to buy a ticket or leave the train.
What verification is needed if you have the print out of your reservation with the barcode and name on it. Then you can show them your drivers license also.No, because they have no way of verifying the reservation. When you buy a ticket, you give them payment, they give you a ticket - no outside verification needed.
It shouldn't take too terribly long to learn, because "THIS IS NOT A TICKET" is printed on it in big all capital letters. Certainly you can learn it before you leave for the station.So when is this electronic ticketing coming? I find it hard to believe no one has complained about this after learning their printed reservation is not valid on the train.
If you don't pick up your ticket but have a confirmation, the conductor lets you board then calls to the next staffed station to have the ticket printed for youI don't know the exact policy for this, but if you make a reservation and pay for it, then you don't print out your ticket by the time the train departs, your reservation is automatically canceled. This may not be the case if you board at an unstaffed station in that the conductor will already have your ticket or write a paper ticket out for you.
Now I've seen people arrive 5 minutes before departure, and they don't have their ticket yet at a staffed station. They'll still get you on, but I don't know exactly what the conductor does after that.
But pretty much, get to the station early enough to get your ticket or get it a different day.
Or, in reality on the NEC, yells at you and makes you buy a new ticket.If you don't pick up your ticket but have a confirmation, the conductor lets you board then calls to the next staffed station to have the ticket printed for youI don't know the exact policy for this, but if you make a reservation and pay for it, then you don't print out your ticket by the time the train departs, your reservation is automatically canceled. This may not be the case if you board at an unstaffed station in that the conductor will already have your ticket or write a paper ticket out for you.
Now I've seen people arrive 5 minutes before departure, and they don't have their ticket yet at a staffed station. They'll still get you on, but I don't know exactly what the conductor does after that.
But pretty much, get to the station early enough to get your ticket or get it a different day.
Conductors on the NEC are not allowed to sell tickets, period. If you board without a valid ticket, they are supposed to put you off at the very next stop.Or, in reality on the NEC, yells at you and makes you buy a new ticket.If you don't pick up your ticket but have a confirmation, the conductor lets you board then calls to the next staffed station to have the ticket printed for youI don't know the exact policy for this, but if you make a reservation and pay for it, then you don't print out your ticket by the time the train departs, your reservation is automatically canceled. This may not be the case if you board at an unstaffed station in that the conductor will already have your ticket or write a paper ticket out for you.
Now I've seen people arrive 5 minutes before departure, and they don't have their ticket yet at a staffed station. They'll still get you on, but I don't know exactly what the conductor does after that.
But pretty much, get to the station early enough to get your ticket or get it a different day.
This.Does the conductor make you buy a new ticket,
Get to the station earlier or print your tickets in advance.
AlohaThis.Does the conductor make you buy a new ticket,
Get to the station earlier or print your tickets in advance.
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