Ticket platform
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A ticket platform was a platform situated outside a passenger railway station to allow passengers' tickets to be collected.
These platforms were unpopular as they delayed the arrival of the trains just a short distance outside the station, but it did enable railway staff to collect tickets before passengers had a chance to leave the station.
Ticket platforms fell out of use when corridor coaches
became common as these allowed on-board ticket collection.
The former ticket platform on the approach to Oban railway station
in Scotland
is still in place beside the railway, as is the one outside Liverpool Street Station
, London to the south of the line.
Ticket platforms are not to be confused with platform ticket
s.
These platforms were unpopular as they delayed the arrival of the trains just a short distance outside the station, but it did enable railway staff to collect tickets before passengers had a chance to leave the station.
Ticket platforms fell out of use when corridor coaches
Corridor (rail vehicle)
A corridor is a passageway in, and generally between, railway passenger vehicles.-Related terms:* Corridor coach - a coach with corridors between vehicles...
became common as these allowed on-board ticket collection.
The former ticket platform on the approach to Oban railway station
Oban railway station
Oban railway station is a railway station serving Oban in Scotland. It is the terminus of one branch of the highly scenic West Highland Line north of . It was originally the terminus of the Callander and Oban Railway. Services are operated by First ScotRail....
in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
is still in place beside the railway, as is the one outside Liverpool Street Station
Liverpool Street station
Liverpool Street railway station, also known as London Liverpool Street or simply Liverpool Street, is both a central London railway terminus and a connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, England...
, London to the south of the line.
Ticket platforms are not to be confused with platform ticket
Platform ticket
A platform ticket is a type of rail ticket issued by some railway systems, permitting the bearer to access the platforms of a railway station, but not to board and use any train services. It allows people to walk with their friends and loved ones all the way to the passenger car at stations where...
s.