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Unread 23-03-2009, 11:36   #16
zag
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Default London != Dublin

The London experience may not transfer well over to here. The two stations I use most often are both manned, but one has a gate that people just pull open and walk through every single day and the other has the new barriers where people charge through in the morning and evening - the ticket hall resounds to choo-choos from all the spongers tailgating through, but the guy behind the ticket desk doesn't seem to look up from the TV. I think he expects to hear choo-choo noises, what with working in a train station and all.

With the exception of the new arrangement in Pearse in the last few months, I haven't seen anyone picked up for fare evasion by station staff. I have seen the revenue protection people manning the gates en-masse and I'm sure they get a few people, but I've never seen station staff doing anything other than hiding behind the desk, with extra signs stuck up on the window to reduce visibility even further.

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