Re: Last Outbound Tram and Fare Dodging......

["notch8" <notch8@eisa.net.au>]

Daniel Bowen wrote in message <3683883C.150F58C2@mailexcite.com>...
>Mike Alexander wrote:
>> Well, if the revenue inspectors were actually a bit more visible at
strange
>> hours and in strange places, maybe it would strike the fear of god into a
>> few more people. In Europe, in the cities which rely on this sort of
system
>> (most of them), you are likely to see a revenue inspector at any time on
any
>> tram, even the first service in the morning or the last at night. Here
they
>> seem to be limited to the inner-city only, and I have never seen one
after
>> dark.
>
>I've seen them on a train at Caulfield around 10:30pm one Monday night.
>
>Daniel

As a regular patron of trains at all times of the day, I can say Ticket
Inspectors / CSE's are now more common at night, than during the day!
People seem to think that just because the sun has gone down, no ticket is
needed!!  I saw a group of inspectors at 11:30pm the other night, headed for
the city.
One thing though - they only seem to check tickets on City bound journey's.
They ride without checking on the down journeys, and check tickets on the Up
journeys.  Why can't / don't they check tickets both ways?  It seem a bit of
a waste to have them there, but no checking tickets.

Gareth Lumsden