Re: Platform Tickets

[David Bradshaw <davidbradshaw@my-deja.com>]

I was able to purchase a CityRail platform pass in 1996, and also in
1998 I think. Platform Passes are required if moving into the "paid"
area of a station.

David Bradshaw.

In article <37a11abf.32732615@news.ukgateway.net>,
  stannsulyn@altavista.net wrote:
> Hello and greetings from Scotland
>
> I collect Platform Tickets and some years ago (1994?) I started a
> correspondence with someone in Sydney to try to get what were then
> new machine-issued Platform Tickets on CityRail. Unfortunately I lost
> contact, but I would now like to try again.
>
> Are Platform Tickets still available?   I got the impression
> previously that although they may not be *required* the facility was
> there, much as it is here in the UK - most stations are open but the
> ticket machines in ticket offices can all issue Platform Tickets, and
> clerks will, mostly, do so on request.
>
> Does anyone  have some for exchange against UK rail tickets or,
> failing that, if still available, be willing and able to buy them from
> stations for me? I would send over some dollars to fund that.    My
> guess is that this would be all the staffed stations in the Sydney
> suburban area.
>
> I have quite a few edmondson Platform Tickets from the Sydney area,
> and other states as well, although I have most from NSW and Victoria.
> None of this type still around I suppose?
>
> Any help anyone can give me would be much appreciated, especially as I
> saw it suggested that the ticket machines may be due for replacement.
>
> --
> Stuart Johnson in Peterhead, Scotland
>
>


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