On Mon, 22 May 2006 16:49:19 +0100, A.Lee wrote:
Rian van der Borgt wrote:
Grimmest gripper ever - even surlier than the BA staff. I'd
hate to imagine how he'd have acted if we'd given up on the infinite
card shuffle and boarded ticketless...

"That'll be 35 euros then please". Alternatively, you could not pay
directly but wait for the invoice from Utrecht...

We had a similar encounter last October, we were doing Haarlem to
Centraal, myself/girlfriend and 13yo daughter.
I bought 2 adults and 1 child ticket (it is 16yo in the uk before adult
prices).

The ticket machines (the new ones with touch screens) do mention the
maximum child age BTW...
http://webdemo.ns.nl/e2000.html

A commuter at the side of me then defended me (in Dutch), saying I was a
tourist and didnt know the age limit for children (which was true), the
inspector calmed down a bit, and said she would see me off at Centraal,
and buy the proper ticket, which I thought was a little strange [...]

The incpectors do not have means anymore to issue tickets on the train.
If they don't want to give you a fine, they don't have many options.

Regards,

Rian

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Rian van der Borgt, Leuven, Belgium.
e-mail: www: http://www.evonet.be/~rvdborgt/