Re: [NSW] Fare evasion (sort of)

["Jonathan Boles" <mousewithglasses@mail.com>]

Yeah, could you tell the RPOs or whoever that you got on at Casula or
something and got lost?


"David Burns" <dpburns@veal.optushome.com.au> wrote in message
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> "Everybody had to purchase a ticket" - technically true but logistically a
> fantasy during
> the O period on the Metro tram service.
>
> On many inward trips from the Fishos to Central the trams were so full
from Star
> City onwards that
> the conductors didn't even bother to work the length of the cars to check
and/or
> sell tickets...
>
> So this is a different issue - with Cityrail it is a deliberate choice not
buy a
> ticket from the major stations
> on outward jouneys and so it is a fairly clear cut case of fare evasion.
>
> But there are real instances where passengers are happy to buy a ticket -
but
> there is no
> opportunity to do so. Could this have been the situation in the mountains?
>
> dB
>
> Ted Gay wrote:
>
> > The Metro companies (Light Rail & Monothingy) were not included in the
ORTA
> > arrangements.  Everybody had to purchase a ticket, of course many argued
> > about it.  A little docket explaining the reason was available to handed
to
> > complainers. It stated that the companies had wished to be included in
the
> > ORTA arrangement and to complain people should ring 131500.
>