EbbwJunction
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Can anyone tell me what instructions are given to on-train staff about when, and how often, they should check tickets, please?
The reason I ask is that I used to travel from Newport to Cardiff Central on the ATW 06.36 service, which came down from Hereford and "waited time" in Newport before going on to Cardiff. It was generally staffed by the same person every day, who, in my time travelling on the train (about a year) very rarely bothered to check the tickets.
This wouldn't have been too much of a problem, as Newport and Cardiff both have ticket barriers. However, for most of the time, those at Newport weren't staffed at that time (they generally opened about 06.45) and so it was easily possible for someone to travel to Cardiff without having their tickets checked.
I accept that the tickets would probably have been checked at the barriers on Cardiff Central, but my onward journey was (and still is) from Central to Cathays. Now, they've got barriers there as well, but they often don't open until gone 07.00/07.30, so the ptential for evasion still existed.
Because the train's now been retimed (it no longer waits at Newport) I don't travel on it now .... but there's a second part to this question, as when I travel to Cathays now, the barriers are often open with no staff present - and this is only about fifteen to thirty minutes after the times quoted above.
So, can anyone help with this, please?
The reason I ask is that I used to travel from Newport to Cardiff Central on the ATW 06.36 service, which came down from Hereford and "waited time" in Newport before going on to Cardiff. It was generally staffed by the same person every day, who, in my time travelling on the train (about a year) very rarely bothered to check the tickets.
This wouldn't have been too much of a problem, as Newport and Cardiff both have ticket barriers. However, for most of the time, those at Newport weren't staffed at that time (they generally opened about 06.45) and so it was easily possible for someone to travel to Cardiff without having their tickets checked.
I accept that the tickets would probably have been checked at the barriers on Cardiff Central, but my onward journey was (and still is) from Central to Cathays. Now, they've got barriers there as well, but they often don't open until gone 07.00/07.30, so the ptential for evasion still existed.
Because the train's now been retimed (it no longer waits at Newport) I don't travel on it now .... but there's a second part to this question, as when I travel to Cathays now, the barriers are often open with no staff present - and this is only about fifteen to thirty minutes after the times quoted above.
So, can anyone help with this, please?
iirc it then formed a service to penarth off cardiff? It tends to be such a quiet service I would imagine there is little revenue to be made. It's often quite rare in my experience to have ticket checks between newport and cardiff, depends how long the train is I guess.