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June 21st 06, 10:38 AM posted to uk.transport.london

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On ticket checking, though, sometimes you do feel as if it's total
overkill. On a "good" day, my ticket is checked five times in a 55
minute period: once at Deptford, once at Waterloo East, once at
Waterloo, once on the train between Waterloo & Feltham, and once at the
gates at Feltham station. Never seen anyone checking on the train on
the Deptford-Waterloo East bit. Are there really *that* many fare
evaders during peak times to make all this effort cost effective?

I guess there would be without the checks.

Having said that I travel High Brooms to Charing Cross. In the last 16
trips, I've not been checked on the train once (always a guard walking
through offering to sell tickets, but never checks), I was checked Once
at high brooms (Walked right past the RPI, passed up to the end of the
platform (about 8 cars away), and folded my bike. Then he turned up
complaining that I hadn't shown him my ticket (he hadn't asked), which
I duely did.

Obviosuly always checked at Charing Cross, although presumably a Z1-2
oyster should work the gates (I could have come from Waterloo East),
took the Embankment way out once, no checks.

I guess that us long distance commuters a a more honest class of people

Checked a lot more offpeak though, when I used to commute.

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