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    Edmonson tickets a lost "cause" for ever?

    Rail transport is 0% for VAT purposes so I'm not sure that checking tickets or not has any bearing on the VAT position.
    Post by: Spamcan81, Jun 24, 2018 at 6:34 PM in forum: Heritage railways & Centres in the Uk
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    Edmonson tickets a lost "cause" for ever?

    All tickets will be prebooked but I agree that checking them all will be fun.
    Post by: Spamcan81, Jun 24, 2018 at 6:06 PM in forum: Heritage railways & Centres in the Uk
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    Edmonson tickets a lost "cause" for ever?

    Bluebell inspects your ticket on entering the platform. Got mine checked when I visited the other week. NVR does for galas.
    Post by: Spamcan81, Jun 24, 2018 at 11:50 AM in forum: Heritage railways & Centres in the Uk
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    Edmonson tickets a lost "cause" for ever?

    I'm sure they have but a ticket on your phone is all well and good until the battery dies or the screen breaks and you can't show it to the RPI or...
    Post by: Spamcan81, Jun 23, 2018 at 5:21 PM in forum: Heritage railways & Centres in the Uk
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    Edmonson tickets a lost "cause" for ever?

    Just a thought but the “big railway” still uses card tickets, albeit credit card size. I pay by card at the ticket office and I get a paper...
    Post by: Spamcan81, Jun 23, 2018 at 12:47 PM in forum: Heritage railways & Centres in the Uk
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    Edmonson tickets a lost "cause" for ever?

    Why do some people think that card payments or online booking negate the use of Edmonson tickets? Edmondsons are perfectly compatible with the...
    Post by: Spamcan81, Jun 23, 2018 at 12:13 PM in forum: Heritage railways & Centres in the Uk
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    Edmonson tickets a lost "cause" for ever?

    Edmonson tickets mean nothing to you, so what? Most preserved diesels mean nothing to me but I’d be the last person to say that heritage railway...
    Post by: Spamcan81, Jun 23, 2018 at 12:11 PM in forum: Heritage railways & Centres in the Uk
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    Edmonson tickets a lost "cause" for ever?

    Edmonsons may be only a small part of the overall heritage experience but lots of small parts make up the whole. Dismiss one as unnecessary and...
    Post by: Spamcan81, Jun 22, 2018 at 2:38 PM in forum: Heritage railways & Centres in the Uk
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    Edmonson tickets a lost "cause" for ever?

    Same as the pub. Lovely old Victorian boozer but a poxy new electric till.
    Post by: Spamcan81, Jun 22, 2018 at 1:26 PM in forum: Heritage railways & Centres in the Uk
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    New Build Claud Hamilton

    But you fund the A1, a "pie in the sky" scheme when first mooted.
    Post by: Spamcan81, Jun 22, 2018 at 10:18 AM in forum: Steam Traction