Flamingo
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In my view, PF's are only really workable when the system is fully barriered, with ticket buying facilities available at the vast majority of stations for most of the traffic day. It isn't much of a deterrent if the chances of being caught are negligible, but prosecution for fare evasion (jumping barriers to access the trains) might be a better one!
In that scenario, PF's are not required, IMHO. They are supposed to be a deterrent. If everywhere is barriered, then access is controlled, and the deterrent is not needed.
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