ticket machine

English

A ticket machine for the train in Germany.

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ticket machine (plural ticket machines)

  1. (travel) A machine that prints tickets automatically after the customer determines the destination and pays for it.
    • 2023 July 26, Christian Wolmar, “Closing ticket offices to lead to 'catch-22' for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 42:
      Passengers may find themselves in a catch-22 situation, unable to buy a ticket for any number of reasons, ranging from an out-of-order ticket vending machine to a lengthy queue to use one, and yet then fall foul of the penalty fare regime.

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