Re: [VIC] Train & Celeb Spotting

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Erk" <erk@erk.au.com> wrote in message 39A4EC95.D32CE52B@erk.au.com">news:39A4EC95.D32CE52B@erk.au.com...
> Railway Rasputin3 wrote
>
> > If public transport is competitive in timing as driving a car you will
> > see more people from all kinds of background taking public transport.
> > British Prime Minister Tony Blair occasionally will take London
> > Underground. It's the fastest, cheapest and only way to get around
> > London apparantly.
> > --
> > Cheers
> >
> > RR3
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
> His wife even got fined because she didn't have a ticket.

She wasn't "fined" she had to pay a "penalty fare" - the difference is that
a "penalty fare" is set at something that is ridiculously high - as an
example, $100 from Sydney to Newcastle. If you do not have a ticket, then
you just have to pay the fare ($100). You can buy cheaper tickets at ticket
offices, and on train staff have some discretion WRT selling the cheaper
tickets. But it is not a fine as such (neither are the fines in Sydney).

Dave