Re: [NSW] Cityrail - AutomatedTicketing

["Quaider" <quaidy@hotmail.com>]

I remember Cityrail saying that 80% of passengers pass through an auto gate
at some point in their journey every day with the gates just at the current
stations


"Bill Bolton" <billboltonREMOVE-TO-EMAIL@computer.org> wrote in message
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> Hubert Lam <hubert@imap4.com> wrote:
>
> > What I don't understand is, why the world were ticket gates only
> > installed at major stations (during 1992/3)? Fair enough the gates might
> > be an expensive piece of capital for CR, but wouldn't investing this
> > money in the gates for at least all Sydney suburban stations reap more
> > benefits for CR itself instead of having those rather menaces ("revenue
> > protection officers") roaming around the place?
>
> As long as the gates are at the major traffic "destinations" they
> don't need to be everywhere.  If there is a gate at one end of most
> journeys, then passengers will have a strong incentive to have a
> ticket.
>
> For instance, a station like Gordon has a lot of traffic, but very
> little of it is inbound, except a few office workers and school
> students.  Most of the passengers boarding at Gordon will be
> travelling to the City, North Sydney, St Leonards, Chatswood or
> Hornsby, all of which have gates.
>
> Also keep in mind, that as well as the cost of the gates, the need to
> a genuinely out-of-the-weather "booking hall" like location for them,
> which for many stations would be quite an expensive proposition to
> provide... Gordon again is a good example.
>
> Cheers,
> Bill
>
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