Re: CityRail questions

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

rdulin@hotmail.com wrote:

> On my train to work this morning, there was a schoolboy
> sitting in front of me. All the seats were taken.
>
> A man got on, and proceeded to ask the boy to stand.
> The boy ignored him at first, but then the man asked
> the boy if he had paid full fare. The boy said no, and
> the man said that if he had not paid full fare, then
> he had to stand to give the seat to someone who had.
> Was he correct in telling the boy he had to stand *because
> he had not paid full fare*?

Yes.  On the rear of a school pass is an instruction stating that the child is
not entitled to occupy a seat while fare paying passengers are standing.

> I haven't seen anything which instructs concession fare
> travellers to vacate seats for full fare travellers.

Only free school passes.

> If his reason was correct, can you also make pensioners,
> railway employees and police stand because *they* haven't
> paid full fare?

No, as it is not an instruction for their passes/tickets.

--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/