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Rhaetian Railway (RhB) – Prototype and H0m Model Railroading

RhB ticket vending machines

Filisur, February 2, 2008

Every traveller on the RhB knows these blue ticket machines that you find at all RhB stations. Even model railroaders can have them, made as → 1:87 models by Pirovino!

To be honest: Many RhB travellers were annoyed at these machines, either because the route that they wanted to take was not available or because these machines only accepted 20-Franken bills. Even with 10- or 50-Franken banknotes in your wallet, you couldn't buy a ticket.

The RhB has reacted and has solved this problem. As more and more stations are no longer manned – whether this is a good idea for a railway that is dependent on tourism is another issue –, a new generation of ticket vending machines will be installed in 2008.
During a visit to the Landquart depot on January 31, 2008, I found a lot of these new machines, just recently delivered and still wrapped in plastic:

The new ticket machine – similar in design to those found at SBB (Swiss Federal Railways) stations. I hope that the functions will be similar, too, and that (welcome to the 21st century!) the new machines will accept eurocheque- or even credit-cards.
I will know more after my next vacations in the Grisons, probably in autumn 2008, and I will update this page then. I would be grateful for preliminary reports!

Rhaetian Railway (RhB) – Prototype and H0m Model Railroading

RhB ticket vending machines

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