Re: [Melb] Tram Conductors

["David Lindstrom" <D_Lindstrom@Bigpond.com>]

"Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au> wrote in message
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> 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
> --
> Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
> dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au
> http://www.custard.net.au/bowen/daniel/
>
>
> "Taliesin Walker" <taliesin@chariot.net.au> wrote in message
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> > 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
>
>
I really think that there's no getting away from the fact that
you really do need conductors on trams. Metcard works fine with
buses and trains, but it's a hopeless system for trams. The
government really has a responsibilty to either put the
conductors back or forget about selling tickets on trams.
David Lindstrom