Re: Conductors on buses - good idea?

["Nobody" <dweebken@NOSPAM.yahoo.com>]

The rail operators should hire enough conductors/ticket inspectors to cover
almost every passenger (or platform on the railways). The revenue from fines
alone would more than recover the cost (or at least reduce loss of fares).

Brendan

"Vaughan Williams" <ender2000@my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:86r6ti$err$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
>
> > Umm, Melbourne's trams got rid of their conductors a couple of years
> > ago. Drivers no longer sell tickets (which they did on some lines that
> > got rid of conductors off-peak). Passengers are meant to validate
> > pre-purchased tickets in a machine. Of course, many don't, so the
> trams
> > are free now!
>
> Which is one of the reasons conductors are needed
>
> > When the modern trams had a conductor's desk, everyone had to board by
> > the front door anyway, causing huge delays especially at city stops in
> > peak periods.
>
> Only the Z's had that, and everybody knew it was a bad design.
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.