I didn't get one there recently, though it was an event day.The East Lancashire Railway had them when buying tickets from the booking office in Bury. This was pre-covid though, so may have changed in the intervening period.
I didn't get one there recently, though it was an event day.The East Lancashire Railway had them when buying tickets from the booking office in Bury. This was pre-covid though, so may have changed in the intervening period.
No, all normal KWVR ticketing (except Damems, see #21) is CCST (credit card size) - or paper roll if issued on board.Though as mentioned upthread wrt to the SVR, that may be due to it being a gala rather than a normal day.
Anyone know where the original machine went, I think I read somewhere that they were being printed and sold to preserved railways
The Severn Valley Railway had one upstairs in the carriage works at Kidderminster. This was several years ago and I don't know if it is still there.Anyone know where the original machine went, I think I read somewhere that they were being printed and sold to preserved railways
I went last weekend with a friend(I didn't need one myself as I am a Volunteer)and they have seem to have swiched to receipt style ones.North Norfolk Rly june 2022
I was issued with a nice yellow piece at Ramsbottom on Saturday.View attachment 117203
From Heywood (pronounced Ehwud)
Bo'ness and Kinneil still uses them.
One of the difficulties with Edmundson tickets can be if the railway is claiming gift aid on the ticket. HMRC will only generally allow claims if the accounting is done on an accredited computer system. They are also very strict on the wording on the ticket. We did some research with a German company that makes a windows compatible printer that can print authentic looking Edmunson tickets but it wasn't possible to fit the declarations on the back of the ticket. In the end we used the compromise of using a computer printed CCST and giving away the Edmundson Ticket as a souvenir. However even this has its problems as it confuses "normals" passengers and causes a longer dwell time at the ticket window. Not ideal when the trains about to depart and you have a queue out the door. We tend to allow the ticket clerk to use his discretion as to whether they are issued.
The check of 40000 manually completed gift aid claims was the reason we implemented the automated system in the first place, 99% of our customers don't mind what sort of ticket they get. It was a no brainer I'm afraid.Your UK taxation commissioner or applicable public servant could be approached to request an exemption, on condition that the Board and Auditor sign off on the Gift Aid claim.
By the way, they're 'Edmondson' tickets, so different spelling.