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STrRedWolf t1_itec69m wrote

Not surprising, given what else is there now:

  • An Amtrak QuickTrak machine
  • A MARC ticket machine

Plus, you're pulling out your credit card to buy tickets... which means anyone "recharging their cell phone" could take off with your card.

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DisentangledElm t1_itk4ktn wrote

That QuickTrack machine has been there for at least ~ten years and it used to be the way you'd buy MARC tickets at one point. MTA probably got tired of shelling out to Amtrak to make tickets for them. It sucks they removed the outlets, but I can totally see why. People loiter all the time and the Amtrak police couldn't ever be bothered to do anything about it. When you're asked for $5 the hundredth time that morning, it gets old quick.

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STrRedWolf t1_itkpgnu wrote

A bit of the other way around. Amtrak notified MARC they couldn't keep selling MARC tickets through their QuickTraks and ARROW system. So MTA got together the MARC TVMs.

The added kick is that you now got TVMs at practically every stop on the MARC system (I have to check College Park, but they're definitely not on flag stops like Jessup).

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