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Post by bicbasher on Jun 26, 2011 17:02:28 GMT
I had my first experience of the RPI's on duty today on the ELL.
Unlike Southern, they work in three's with two checking tickets and another supervising them.
With only Penge West and Anerley not having gates, it must be one of the easier jobs checking ELL customers?
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Post by mcmaddog on Jun 26, 2011 20:44:29 GMT
An awful lot of PAX use the step free gate on the SB platform at Brockley with no ticket check.
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Post by littlebrute on Jun 26, 2011 21:06:44 GMT
The only time I've ever seen a revenue inspector is on the DLR between Bank and Shadwell. Never seen them anywhere else.
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Post by bicbasher on Jun 26, 2011 22:07:30 GMT
An awful lot of PAX use the step free gate on the SB platform at Brockley with no ticket check. A gateline is being installed there by November. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2011 22:15:32 GMT
What happens if RPIs catch people fare evading ? Do they order the driver not to move like they do on the buses ?
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Post by ianvisits on Jun 27, 2011 11:06:35 GMT
With only Penge West and Anerley not having gates, it must be one of the easier jobs checking ELL customers? It's not just checking if the traveller has a ticket, but also if they have the correct ticket. I have probably seen more people stopped for using young person's tickets when they were demonstratively not a young person than I have ever seen stopped for not having a ticket at all. |
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Post by mcmaddog on Jun 27, 2011 11:23:59 GMT
Since they installed gates at Finsbury Park a couple of weeks ago it's obvious that the queues to buy tickets are longer
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2011 12:04:16 GMT
These are the casual clothes RPIs that they've been advertising recently, aren't they? I saw a couple of them on the ELL the other week, checking everyone between Brockley and New Cross Gate.
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Post by bicbasher on Jun 27, 2011 16:19:39 GMT
These are the casual clothes RPIs that they've been advertising recently, aren't they? I saw a couple of them on the ELL the other week, checking everyone between Brockley and New Cross Gate. These RPI's were in uniform. Incidentally, LO has the highest percentage of fare evasion at TfL with 4.6%. A legacy from the Silverlink era? |
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Post by Bighat on Jun 27, 2011 17:22:05 GMT
These are the casual clothes RPIs that they've been advertising recently, aren't they? I saw a couple of them on the ELL the other week, checking everyone between Brockley and New Cross Gate. These RPI's were in uniform. Incidentally, LO has the highest percentage of fare evasion at TfL with 4.6%. A legacy from the Silverlink era? And that's only the ones that they catch! |
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Post by causton on Jun 27, 2011 17:38:43 GMT
With only Penge West and Anerley not having gates, it must be one of the easier jobs checking ELL customers? It's not just checking if the traveller has a ticket, but also if they have the correct ticket. I have probably seen more people stopped for using young person's tickets when they were demonstratively not a young person than I have ever seen stopped for not having a ticket at all. I can see why - I've never been asked to show my YPR at all even when buying tickets from a ticket office, the only time I've showed it was so the clerk could note down the expiry date when adding it to my Oyster! |
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Post by metrailway on Jun 27, 2011 20:21:27 GMT
I've had the underground's equivalent on 3 seperate occasions on the Met, yet not on any other underground line. Certainly made me feel like I was travelling on the Mainline!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2011 20:57:49 GMT
Fair evasion on trains? Peanuts penalties......try getting caught without a £27 annual fishing licence. Not that I have of course as I ain't that stingy. A £2,500 fine concentrates the mind somewhat. Maybe they should consider it on the railways?
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Post by slugabed on Jun 27, 2011 21:16:09 GMT
...Though because of the absurd fares structure on the trains these days,the issue of "evasion" is rather less black-and-white than the fishing permit example...
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Post by littlebrute on Jun 27, 2011 21:56:26 GMT
I will admit, I've evaded fares a few times. But never in London, more on my local trains (Valley Lines in Wales, run by Arriva) where my local station has no barriers and if the ticket window isn't open, you have to buy it on the train from the guard. Except half the time, the guard doesn't come round plus then if you're lucky, the barriers at Cardiff will be open anyway
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Post by causton on Jun 27, 2011 22:02:47 GMT
Fair evasion on trains? Peanuts penalties......try getting caught without a £27 annual fishing licence. Not that I have of course as I ain't that stingy. A £2,500 fine concentrates the mind somewhat. Maybe they should consider it on the railways? My friend said that once he got caught in a 'sting' at a station and he got the £20 standard Penalty Fare... a friend of his behind him said "don't worry, I do this all the time" and eventually got fined £1000 in court! So sometimes they do  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2011 12:44:34 GMT
When I worked temporarily in Beckenham, I did occasionally evade fares on the Hayes line. However, given the number of times Southeastern cancelled their trains with no explanation, I partly felt, in my own selfish way, that I was entitled to it.
I've never evaded fares on the LO though.
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