ticket machine
noun1
Lifestyle, Tourism, Transport, Travel A machine that prints tickets automatically after the customer determines the destination and pays for it.
- Passengers may find themselves in a catch-22 situation, unable to buy a ticket for any number of reasons, ranging from an out-of-order ticket vending machine to a lengthy queue to use one, and yet then fall foul of the penalty fare regime.2023 July 26, Christian Wolmar, “Closing ticket offices to lead to 'catch-22' for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 42:
- Synonyms
- ticket printer, ticket vending machine