Re: [Melb] Tram Conductors

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>]

Yeah, in fact about the same as now, when the average fare evader sits on
the tram with an unvalidated ticket in their pocket, and slips it into the
validator when they see the inspectors get on.

IMHO, conductors for regular services are an all or nothing proposition.
Otherwise, just put them on footy and tennis specials when the ticket
machines can't cope with demand and you've got a large proportion of
tourists.

And fix the machines to sell Dailies, pronto. It can't be that hard can it?
Can't they just build more small station machines and put them in the trams?


Daniel
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Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au
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"Taliesin Walker" <taliesin@chariot.net.au> wrote in message
39e42fb3.1017846@news.chariot.net.au">news:39e42fb3.1017846@news.chariot.net.au...
> Sounds like they've created a problem for themselve. If the people who
> check tickets are going sell them as well, your average fare evader
> will wait and see if a conductor will come along. If they don't then
> they ride free, if they do then they act innocent an say they got on
> at the last stop and couldn't understand the ticket machine, and could
> I please buy a ticket from you?
>
> Tali
>
>
> >The following article is published in today's (Wednesday's)
> >edition of the Melbourne Age.
> >
> >http://www.theage.com.au/news/20001011/A43505-2000Oct10.html
> >
> >Roving conductors to attend to fines