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Revenue protection "stings".

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Bletchleyite

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"Marston Vale mafia"
It is in that usage of the word, which means an organised, heavily manned and perhaps unexpected law enforcement operation. It says nothing about how desirable it is.

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PeterC said:
A flying visit just to get the word around that people might get checked there is probably worth the effort. The whole point is to keep people uncertain as to where they will be checked so that they don't try to dodge their fares in the first place.
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The thing is what are the chances of it happening again there? Passengers might take the view, little so they will carry on.

I remember that Portsmouth Harbour wasn't gated so if anyone wanted to had down that way, the could just go there instead of Portsmouth and Southsea.

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PeterC said:
A flying visit just to get the word around that people might get checked there is probably worth the effort. The whole point is to keep people uncertain as to where they will be checked so that they don't try to dodge their fares in the first place.
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Hardly. Estimates have about 32 people exiting the station everyday, half of whom are season ticket holders.
 
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It maybe that they had intelligence on one known fare evader and we're waiting for him/her to materialise. If they are visible to a passing train they will be a deterrent to a lot more people.
 
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Shempz said:
The funniest and most pointless "sting" I ever saw was once at Ashurst station, on the Uckfield line. For anyone that does not know this station, its a very small station with no ticket facilities other than a Permit to Travel machine (which works about 50% of the time).

I got off one afternoon/evening, and there were about 6 or 7 Revenue staff there. It made me laugh as there were more of them than there were passengers getting off at Ashurst. Absolute waste of time and money by Southern.
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I know Ashurst, could they have been travelling somewhere else?
 
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