Re: [NSW] Fare evasion (sort of)

["Aus Visitor" <if-u-know@cwcom.net>]

Dave Proctor wrote in message ...
>Wednesday night, the 0120 train from Katoomba (well, it was from Mt. Vic,
>but it was out of Katoomba at 0120) was declared a failure at Springwood.
42
>passengers rocked up to the Station Master (oops, Station Manager), who
>asked where everyone was going. 20 to Central, 21 to places between
>Kingswood and Redfern, 3 to Penrith and 1 to Emu Plains.
>
>He then asked for tickets - only four (including me) had them - so we
caught
>a cab to Penrith (just what I needed after sitting in a cab for 12
hours!) -
>the rest had to wait for the next train.
>
>If this is the level of fare evasion being undertaken (and none of them
were
>tourists and able to plead ignorance) would it have been worthwhile putting
>some Revenue Protection staff out there? 4 out of 45 with tickets is a
>pretty pathetic ratio.
>
>Dave
>
Write to Uncle Ron!!  He will sort it out.  Or are you suggesting that the
(soon to unemployed) members of SOCOG are better equipped at ticket
issuing!! hehehe!!

AV