On arrival at Wellingborough station at the start of our

journey I could not print the pre-ordered tickets as the machine was 'off-line'. I attempted to get them from the ticket office but was told that no tickets could be issued as the internet was down. We were told to travel with no issued tickets and that all on-board staff would be aware and that there would be no problems. However, I was concerned that the further we travelled from the EMR network the more of a problem that this would be. With no time at Nottingham to get to the ticket office but with fifteen minutes at Grantham I went to their ticket office. The very helpful member of the LNER team started to print the tickets but it took an age and even longer for her to then sort and staple them together. With an eye on the clock I was conscious of our train approaching and we just made it back over to platform two. The ticket issuer also commented that she did not recall seeing so many tickets for what was, after all, a pretty straightforward journey. Of course, this was due to split ticketing that I will continue to use as long as it exists and saves me a shed load of money!