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I made a visit to Manchester Piccadilly this week by train and it was interesting to witness a change made recently. They have now moved the ticket seller on Platform 2/3 further down the platform away from the barriers and I almost missed him until I became aware of him as he is a known G4S employee and had an Avantix Traveller machine, which from first glance was hidden by the top of the ticket selling "Cart". He wasn't selling any tickets when I arrived and was making no attempt to make his presence known to arriving passengers.
It seems therefore that by walking past this opportunity to buy, I could potentially have been the subject of one of these penalty warnings from the barrier staff at the end of the platform. The two employees checking tickets at the platform end on this occasion were allowing many people to walk past without showing tickets, which is fairly common at both Manchester Piccadilly and Stockport at busy times, whether or not they are talking to a passenger about a travel issue or ticketing irregularity.
To me they do appear to be turning to more underhand tactics to catch people which considering their lax attitude to buying on board and the number of stations without ticket issuing facilities is pretty concerning.
It seems therefore that by walking past this opportunity to buy, I could potentially have been the subject of one of these penalty warnings from the barrier staff at the end of the platform. The two employees checking tickets at the platform end on this occasion were allowing many people to walk past without showing tickets, which is fairly common at both Manchester Piccadilly and Stockport at busy times, whether or not they are talking to a passenger about a travel issue or ticketing irregularity.
To me they do appear to be turning to more underhand tactics to catch people which considering their lax attitude to buying on board and the number of stations without ticket issuing facilities is pretty concerning.
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