c2c's Commuter News (September 08) reports that they are installing new ticket machines along their route by November 2008.
Amongst the features of the new machines they highlight is the ticket collection on departure facility "so you can order and pay for your ticket on line ... and collect it on the day you want to travel from the station you want to start from".
I don't think this is exactly right. Currently you can collect tickets ordered on line from any ticket machine that supports the TOD feature from not long after you order and pay for it. The 4 big blue ticket machines at Barking already support the feature. Online ticket websites for some reason ask you where you want to collect your ticket and warn you if the station you choose is not on the journey the ticket is for, yet it does not matter which compatible machine you use to collect it.
If you have bougfh tickets in advance I would advise collecting them sooner rather than later, from you nearest/most convenient TOD compatible machine. If you leave it till the day of travel and somehing goes wrong it could disrupt your journey. Why risk it?
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