[Colm Moore]

I bought an interesting ticket the other day. Broombridge doesn't have a ticket office. Docklands closes early.

I traveled Docklands - Broombridge - Connolly. At Docklands it was "Ah sure get on the train quick it’s leaving now" (PIS said 1 minute, reality was about 4 minutes). I wasn't too happy with this as I intended using my bus ticket to get home from Broombridge. Broombridge doesn't have a ticket office. Aided in the arrest of a stone thrower in Broombridge. I grinned at the irony of not having a ticket. Distracted, I got a train back to Connolly.

Arrived at Platform 4. Big sign "Do you have a ticket?" or somesuch with chap dealing with people who admit to not having tickets. Asked for a return from Docklands. Too much for him to comprehend. "Go through you'll have to get it on the other side". Waved through the new barriers - for all he knew, I could have just stabbed the "Do you have a ticket?" guy. Went to a ticket machine. Docklands not listed.

Went to a cashier.

Victor: "Can I get a return from Docklands".
Cashier: "But there’s no trains to Docklands".
Victor: "But I just got a train from there, via Broombridge".
Cashier: "Ah."
Cashier: "......"
Cashier: "What’s the fare to Docklands?"
Cashier 2: "I don't know".
Victor: "Use the station number".
Cashier: "What’s the station number for Docklands?"
Cashier 2: "I don't know". Makes phone call.
Cashier 2: "They're not answering".
Makes second phone call.
Mad button pushing on ticket machine.
Ticket produced.

But it doesn't say Connolly.