Permit To Travel?
Permit To Travel machines were originally a Network Southeast innovation at locations where proper ticket machines may not have been cost effective or where machines or ticket offices were only open at certain times of the day. Rendered generally obsolete in the mid-2000's by chip and pin credit card ticket machines they may still be used when these machines may be out of order. These machines have sometimes caused controversy as they will issue a permit to travel for as little as 5p and if travelling from one unbarriered station to another holders of the permit who are not challenged and choose not to pay their fare at a working ticket machine or office can in theory travel 'legally' for only a fraction of the actual fare.
Ruggedly built by Almex and similar in design to 1980's style parking ticket machines this surviving machine is seen here on the Hertford Loop outside the station at Watton-at-Stone, on 2nd August 2016.
Permit To Travel?
Permit To Travel machines were originally a Network Southeast innovation at locations where proper ticket machines may not have been cost effective or where machines or ticket offices were only open at certain times of the day. Rendered generally obsolete in the mid-2000's by chip and pin credit card ticket machines they may still be used when these machines may be out of order. These machines have sometimes caused controversy as they will issue a permit to travel for as little as 5p and if travelling from one unbarriered station to another holders of the permit who are not challenged and choose not to pay their fare at a working ticket machine or office can in theory travel 'legally' for only a fraction of the actual fare.
Ruggedly built by Almex and similar in design to 1980's style parking ticket machines this surviving machine is seen here on the Hertford Loop outside the station at Watton-at-Stone, on 2nd August 2016.