Deepgreen
Established Member
It's not a "sting" to check tickets, no matter how unexpected it is.
The thing is what are the chances of it happening again there? Passengers might take the view, little so they will carry on.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.
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.
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.
I know Ashurst, could they have been travelling somewhere else?