Andy Pacer
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Out of interest was that 4 tickets in each direction?Travelled from Stockport to Reading and back this week, 8 split tickets and only required the ones to open barriers nothing on the train.
Out of interest was that 4 tickets in each direction?Travelled from Stockport to Reading and back this week, 8 split tickets and only required the ones to open barriers nothing on the train.
Spent two weeks on the ScotRail network without as much as a single check... barriers at most stations in operation though, and at the gateless platforms at Edinburgh, staff were checking everyone before boarding.
However, on the LNER service back down to Kings X, BTP boarded the service at Newcastle and at York, to remove passengers - after York I had my tickets checked and after remarking to the guard it was the first time since February that I'd had a ticket checked on a train, he remarked that five people had been removed from this train alone for not having valid tickets. Reckoned "people have had a good run".
Travelling on Island Line on Saturday, trains had notices in the vestibules stating that guards would be resuming revenue duties from today (Mon 12th October).Did an Isle of Wight trip yesterday, tickets checked on three of my mainland trains, but not on the island.
Makes me so mad that does. The guards have been staying in their cabs to protect the passengers (and themselves) during these terrible times, and how do these people repay them? Well, by not paying. Thieving [insert expletives here].Spent two weeks on the ScotRail network without as much as a single check... barriers at most stations in operation though, and at the gateless platforms at Edinburgh, staff were checking everyone before boarding.
However, on the LNER service back down to Kings X, BTP boarded the service at Newcastle and at York, to remove passengers - after York I had my tickets checked and after remarking to the guard it was the first time since February that I'd had a ticket checked on a train, he remarked that five people had been removed from this train alone for not having valid tickets. Reckoned "people have had a good run".
Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/long-term-implications-of-suspending-ticket-checks.205910/
Travelled with Avanti between Holyhead and Euston today, changing at Crewe. Tickets checked onboard both services by Train Manager
I haven't had a thameslink on board check for about three years now. And that was only once.Nothing on GTR all this week. Stations barriers functioning except on Sunday evening.
I haven't had a thameslink on board check for about three years now. And that was only once.
I also noticed at Leatherhead on Saturday night an SWR guard with ticket machine working a down service. This surprised me as I always thought the Dorking Route was worked by non commercial guards
just had a check by guard on the 15:02 Paddington - Reading
I was amazed to encounter 4 DLR rpi’s checking tickets on the exit at Curry Sark station yesterday afternoon.
The rpi I spoke with said they had resumed activity last week.
Curry Sark - did it smell a bit Jalfrezi-ey or vindaloo-ey?
No ticket checks on Northern from Heaton Chapel to Manchester on Monday either, I forgot to mention.
Recently, I was on a Guildford stopper on a Saturday morning heading to London and encountered a guard doing a ticket check. That surprised me as well.