Re: [VIC] PA Announcements at Hillside stations.

[Roderick Smith <rodsmith@werple.net.au>]

The allocation of fare to operator can be done from statistics on passenger flows.  It
shouldn't be up to the passenger to undertake management's accounting function.  The
concept of allocation is spurious, as Flinders St barriers don't know which operator a
ticketholder is using.  The whole of Melbourne's system is unnecessarily customer
unfriendly, designed to maximise management convenience, and justified with spurious
excuses.

David McLouglin, masquerading as Evad Rehtona wrote:

> Roderick Smith wrote:
> > And shouldn't have to: this is *not* an example of fare evasion; the fare has been
> > paid.  Half the point of having a periodical is to save the inconvenience when
> > boarding and alighting.
>
> They might have paid. But the whole point of having to validate at every
> trip whether by train, tram or bus is so the revenue from those payments
> can be allocated to the correct operator.
>

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Regards
Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor