silentgen46
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My friends and I all prefer to buy bus and train tickets at the station rather than using apps online, is this normal? why do you think that is?
Purchasing tickets online or at the station?
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hollydolly
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- London England
Welcome to the forum....
What country are you in ?
Here in the Uk train fares are very expensive.. much cheaper to buy online way ahead of the journey.. some people don't trust apps....therefore they'll pay on the day.. but it's more expensive
What country are you in ?
Here in the Uk train fares are very expensive.. much cheaper to buy online way ahead of the journey.. some people don't trust apps....therefore they'll pay on the day.. but it's more expensive
David777
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- Silicon Valley
OP double posting.
Trains busses? Expect few members regularly use trains or buses. And neither do I. For the SFBA I have the rf scanable Senior Clipper Card. Only tend to use it in San Francisco where it is difficult, expensive, and dangerous to park about many areas and the public transportation system is vast. In the past decades only used it when my vehicles were in the shop.
Trains busses? Expect few members regularly use trains or buses. And neither do I. For the SFBA I have the rf scanable Senior Clipper Card. Only tend to use it in San Francisco where it is difficult, expensive, and dangerous to park about many areas and the public transportation system is vast. In the past decades only used it when my vehicles were in the shop.
OneEyedDiva
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- New Jersey
IMO there's no normal or abnormal regarding this subject. Just more convenient or less convenient. For me, purchasing tickets in the app is more more convenient and efficient. When I used to take Greyhound to go to our timeshare in Atlantic City (sans my husband), I'd have to go to New York Port Authority. Drag my suitcase down to the main level, stand in line and buy tickets, then take an escalator to go downstairs. I no longer take Greyhound but not having to take the extra steps of going to three different floors would have made things a lot easier.
Now I take the train to Hoboken, N.J. I found out the hard way that trying to buy a ticket from the kiosk that was out in the sun and not functioning properly was not the way to go. I could hardly see the screen. Then realized it wasn't working anyway after fiddling with it. Buying the ticket on the train usually would cost more but I explained to the conductor that the kiosk wasn't working. Again, buying a ticket via the N.J. Transit app is so much more convenient. Even bus tickets can be purchased that way now. Same for the convenience of purchasing Amtrak tickets.
Now I take the train to Hoboken, N.J. I found out the hard way that trying to buy a ticket from the kiosk that was out in the sun and not functioning properly was not the way to go. I could hardly see the screen. Then realized it wasn't working anyway after fiddling with it. Buying the ticket on the train usually would cost more but I explained to the conductor that the kiosk wasn't working. Again, buying a ticket via the N.J. Transit app is so much more convenient. Even bus tickets can be purchased that way now. Same for the convenience of purchasing Amtrak tickets.