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Originally Posted by sean
All across the world, 1st rate operators run services for all purposes, long distance, local, city etc, with honour-system or conductor based structures as appropriate. And in examples ranging from the MTA Metro North and Long Island Railroads of New York, to the municipalities of Germany, to our very own Luas, they make it work, beautifully and simply without stuffing a two-way validation gate procedure in every passengers face in the worst way possible.
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In Lyon (France), the metro used to run on the honour system but in about 2004 (or so) they put ticket barriers at all stations. (No exit validation though since it's not a zonal system).