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Marnie Church

There needs to be at least one, if not two more ticket machines to top up Oyster cards at Streatham Hill station. Frequently I am late for work due to either long queues or, more frequently the fact the machine is not working, as was the case this morning.
I then have to go and get cash out and find a newsagent that is actually open at that time of the morning (7.15am) so far I have only found one that is open, so then there is a queue in there too.
Currently the machine is broken and has been all week-surely it should have been a priority to get it fixed or replaced!
For such a busy station, it is frankly ridiculous.

Problem History

  • 1 Marnie Church reported the issue on FixMyTransport. close 08:48 25 Oct 2012
  • 2 Marnie Church wrote to Southern close 08:48 25 Oct 2012

    Here is the letter that Marnie Church wrote.

    Ticket Machines

    There needs to be at least one, if not two more ticket machines to top up Oyster cards at Streatham Hill station. Frequently I am late for work due to either long queues or, more frequently the fact the machine is not working, as was the case this morning.
    I then have to go and get cash out and find a newsagent that is actually open at that time of the morning (7.15am) so far I have only found one that is open, so then there is a queue in there too.
    Currently the machine is broken and has been all week-surely it should have been a priority to get it fixed or replaced!
    For such a busy station, it is frankly ridiculous.

  • 3 Southern Railways Customer Services responded to Marnie Church close 08:51 25 Oct 2012
    Dear Sir/Madam,
    Thank you for your email. Your reference number is
    [72980-1351151473]

    We appreciate you taking the time to contact us. <br>Thank you
    for your email. <BR> We appreciate you taking the time to
    contact us. We have recently received a large number of
    enquiries so we are taking longer than normal to respond,
    however we’ll do our best to do so as quickly as possible.
    Please note that if you have sent us a Delay Repay claim, our
    team will aim to respond within 28 days. If you have sent us a
    Refund claim, our team will aim to respond within 10 days. From
    22 October, Southern will be operating a revised cycle policy.
    Restrictions apply to the carriage of non folding bikes from
    07:00 – 10:00 and 16:00 – 19:00 Monday to Friday. For details
    please check southernrailway.com/cyclepolicy

    Kind Regards,
    Southern Customer Services

    Reminder of your message:

    ----------------------------------------------------------------

    Dear Southern,

    There needs to be at least one, if not two more ticket machines
    to
    top up Oyster cards at Streatham Hill station. Frequently I am
    late
    for work due to either long queues or, more frequently the fact
    the
    machine is not working, as was the case this morning. I then
    have
    to go and get cash out and find a newsagent that is actually
    open
    at that time of the morning (7.15am) so far I have only found
    one
    that is open, so then there is a queue in there too. Currently
    the
    machine is broken and has been all week-surely it should have
    been
    a priority to get it fixed or replaced! For such a busy station,
    it
    is frankly ridiculous.

    ------------------

    Here is some information from FixMyTransport about the location
    of
    this issue:

    Location name: Streatham Hill Rail Station

    Area: Streatham Hill

    Easting: 530270.0

    Northing: 172685.0

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  • 4 Marnie Church wrote to Southern close 11:29 25 Oct 2012

    To the Station Manager,
    I am writing in regards to the ticket machine situation.
    My friends in Streatham and I are growing more & more Frustrated with the lack of Ticket machines enabled for Oyster cards.
    There needs to be at least one, if not two more ticket machines to top up Oyster cards at Streatham Hill station. Frequently I am late for work due to either long queues or, more frequently the fact the machine is not working, as was the case this morning.
    I then have to go and get cash out and find a newsagent that is actually open at that time of the morning (7.15am) so far I have only found one that is open, so then there is a queue in there too.
    Currently the machine is broken and has been all week-surely it should have been a priority to get it fixed or replaced!
    For such a busy station, it is frankly ridiculous.

    I look forward to your response,
    Yours Sincerely,
    Marnie Church

  • 5 Southern Railways Customer Services responded to Marnie Church close 11:30 25 Oct 2012
    Dear Sir/Madam,
    Thank you for your email. Your reference number is
    [73023-1351161025]

    We appreciate you taking the time to contact us. <br>Thank you
    for your email. <BR> We appreciate you taking the time to
    contact us. We have recently received a large number of
    enquiries so we are taking longer than normal to respond,
    however we’ll do our best to do so as quickly as possible.
    Please note that if you have sent us a Delay Repay claim, our
    team will aim to respond within 28 days. If you have sent us a
    Refund claim, our team will aim to respond within 10 days. From
    22 October, Southern will be operating a revised cycle policy.
    Restrictions apply to the carriage of non folding bikes from
    07:00 – 10:00 and 16:00 – 19:00 Monday to Friday. For details
    please check southernrailway.com/cyclepolicy

    Kind Regards,
    Southern Customer Services

    Reminder of your message:

    ----------------------------------------------------------------

    To the Station Manager,
    I am writing in regards to the ticket machine situation.
    My friends in Streatham and I are growing more & more Frustrated
    with the lack of Ticket machines enabled for Oyster cards.
    There needs to be at least one, if not two more ticket machines
    to top up Oyster cards at Streatham Hill station. Frequently I
    am late for work due to either long queues or, more frequently
    the fact the machine is not working, as was the case this
    morning.
    I then have to go and get cash out and find a newsagent that is
    actually open at that time of the morning (7.15am) so far I have
    only found one that is open, so then there is a queue in there
    too.
    Currently the machine is broken and has been all week-surely it
    should have been a priority to get it fixed or replaced!
    For such a busy station, it is frankly ridiculous.

    I look forward to your response,
    Yours Sincerely,
    Marnie Church

    [ PLEASE NOTE: Any reply you send to this message will be sent
    to Marnie Church and will be published online. This message was
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    _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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    Registered office: 3rd Floor, 41-51 Grey Street, Newcastle Upon
    Tyne, NE1 6EE

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    accessed here http://www.southernrailway.com/emaildisc...

    Southern is the trading name of Southern Railway Ltd.
    Registered in England under number: 06574965
    Registered offices: 3rd Floor, 41-51 Grey Street, Newcastle upon
    Tyne, NE1 6EE.

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  • 6 Southern Railways Customer Services responded to Marnie Church close 07:46 14 Nov 2012
    Dear Ms Church

    Thank you for contacting us on 25 October 2012. Please accept my
    apologies for the delay in our response.

    I am very sorry to hear that you have experienced this
    inconvenience travelling from Streatham Hill station.

    I have passed on your observations regarding the ticket machines
    not working properly at the station to the appropriate
    departments for investigation.

    I completely understand the importance of keeping such
    facilities functional and apologise for any frustration that
    this situation may have caused.

    I have also noted your comments regarding the queues at the
    ticket machines which will be considered when making future
    improvements.

    Thank you for taking the time to write to us and bringing your
    experience to our attention. I hope that this feedback can go a
    long way to helping us improve the service you use and your
    future travel is pleasant and incident free.

    If you wish to contact us further regarding your query, please
    contact our Customer Service team directly at
    [1][Southern problem reporting email], by phone on 08451 27 29 20 or
    in writing to:
    Southern Customer Services
    PO Box 3021
    Bristol
    BS2 2BS
    quoting ticket number [72980-1351151473] on all communication.

    For the latest travel information, why not follow us on Twitter
    @southernrailUK and @GatwickExpress

    Kind regards

    Naomi Tucker
    Southern Customer Services

    Your message :

    Dear Southern,

    There needs to be at least one, if not two more ticket machines
    to
    top up Oyster cards at Streatham Hill station. Frequently I am
    late
    for work due to either long queues or, more frequently the fact
    the
    machine is not working, as was the case this morning. I then
    have
    to go and get cash out and find a newsagent that is actually
    open
    at that time of the morning (7.15am) so far I have only found
    one
    that is open, so then there is a queue in there too. Currently
    the
    machine is broken and has been all week-surely it should have
    been
    a priority to get it fixed or replaced! For such a busy station,
    it
    is frankly ridiculous.

    ------------------

    Here is some information from FixMyTransport about the location
    of
    this issue:

    Location name: Streatham Hill Rail Station

    Area: Streatham Hill

    Easting: 530270.0

    Northing: 172685.0

    ----------

    To view a map of the precise location of this problem, or to
    provide an update on the problem, please visit the following
    link:

    http://www.fixmytransport.com/campaigns/...

    [ PLEASE NOTE: Your replies to this problem report will be sent
    to
    Marnie Church and will be published online. This message was
    sent
    via FixMyTransport.com - a not-for-profit service dedicated to
    helping people get public transport problems resolved. If there
    is
    a more appropriate email address for messages about this type of
    problem, please let us know by visiting
    . This will help improve
    the service for people travelling. We also welcome any other
    feedback you may have. ]

    _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

    This e-mail message has been scanned and cleared by NetIQ
    MailMarshal.

    Southern Railway Ltd is registered in England No. 06574965.
    Registered office: 3rd Floor, 41-51 Grey Street, Newcastle Upon
    Tyne, NE1 6EE

    This email is sent subject to our email disclaimer which can be
    accessed here http://www.southernrailway.com/emaildisc...

    Southern is the trading name of Southern Railway Ltd.
    Registered in England under number: 06574965
    Registered offices: 3rd Floor, 41-51 Grey Street, Newcastle upon
    Tyne, NE1 6EE.

    This email is sent subject to our email disclaimer which can be
    accessed at: [2]www.southernrailway.com/emaildisclaimer

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  • 7 Marnie Church commented and marked the problem as fixed. close 09:40 06 Dec 2012

    There are now two machines with Oyster top up facility so its an improvement.

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