Re: [NSW] - Blitz on Fare Evasion

["Geoff Lillico" <glillic@msn.com.au>]

David [or anyone else]
Apart from Zig Zag, could you please advise the list of CityRail stations
without ticket machines.

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Geoff Lillico


"David Bennetts" <davibenn@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Here we go again - CityRail have announced another blitz on fare evaders,
> who are reputed to be costing the system $27 million a year.  Another 60
> revenue protection officers are to be employed, and $100 on the spot fines
> will be imposed on those who have boarded trains without purchasing a
> ticket.  Of course those who board at stations without ticket machines, or
> those where ticket machines aren't working and staff aren't on duty to
sell
> tickets, will be let off and allowed to purchased tickets at their
> destination.
>
> Of course CityRail are aware that their revenue protection falls down on a
> number of counts -  a lot of fare evaders are aware of the stations
without
> machines, or those where machines are almost perpetually out of order, and
> will say that they boarded at such a station.  Also false names and/or
> addresses are given to revenue protection officers, with the result that a
> very low percentage of offenders are actually prosecuted.
>
> The former situation of stations without machines could be resolved by
> installing machines on Endeavour trains (which serve many such unattended
> stations) just like Melbourne trams, and also selling tickets on a
> commission basis by local businesses in the vicinity of such stations.
The
> latter needs some revision in the law to allow identity to be
established -
> this is a very thorny area (remember the Australia card?), but unless
> something is done, evasion will continue to hit CityRail revenue.
>
> Regards
>
> David Bennetts
>
>