Re: [NSW] Fare evasion (sort of)

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"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?

No - all stations have ticket machines accepting up to $20 notes, I had to
use the ticket machine at Katoomba for my ticket (it worked, and gave change
of a $20). It was clear cut fare evasion, they thought that because it was
that time of the morning they could get away without buying a ticket.
Fortunately, it cost them about 45 mins wait at Springwood at 0300 (always a
nice time to be at Springwood in September).

Dave