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Question regarding use of tickets bought with a senior railcard to exit ticket barriers
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Why is anyone worried about this? You buy a ticket with a Railcard. If a ticket inspector comes down the train and asks to see your Railcard, that's perfectly reasonable. If asked at the ticket barrier, why does that suddenly become unreasonable? Stopping fare evasion is in everyone's best interests.#2 Saving for Christmas 2024 - £1 a day challenge. £325 of £3662
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JGB1955 said:Why is anyone worried about this? You buy a ticket with a Railcard. If a ticket inspector comes down the train and asks to see your Railcard, that's perfectly reasonable. If asked at the ticket barrier, why does that suddenly become unreasonable? Stopping fare evasion is in everyone's best interests.0
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katejo said:JGB1955 said:Why is anyone worried about this? You buy a ticket with a Railcard. If a ticket inspector comes down the train and asks to see your Railcard, that's perfectly reasonable. If asked at the ticket barrier, why does that suddenly become unreasonable? Stopping fare evasion is in everyone's best interests.
All the people they have not been stopped at the barrier have a full price ticket and of course they have no railcard.
The people that are stopped have a discounted ticket and they want to see that the holder of that discounted ticket has proof of eligibility to that discount.1 -
JGB1955 said:Why is anyone worried about this? You buy a ticket with a Railcard. If a ticket inspector comes down the train and asks to see your Railcard, that's perfectly reasonable. If asked at the ticket barrier, why does that suddenly become unreasonable? Stopping fare evasion is in everyone's best interests.0
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MilesT6060842 said:JGB1955 said:Why is anyone worried about this? You buy a ticket with a Railcard. If a ticket inspector comes down the train and asks to see your Railcard, that's perfectly reasonable. If asked at the ticket barrier, why does that suddenly become unreasonable? Stopping fare evasion is in everyone's best interests.0
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But if they let people through without checking, if there was a risk they would miss their train, the fare dodgers would know that all they need to do is arrive at the last minute. The times you have been challenged but then they "didn't even look at the railcard" they will have been able to tell by your demeanour that you were genuine.1
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Sapindus said:But if they let people through without checking, if there was a risk they would miss their train, the fare dodgers would know that all they need to do is arrive at the last minute. The times you have been challenged but then they "didn't even look at the railcard" they will have been able to tell by your demeanour that you were genuine.1
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MilesT6060842 said:Sapindus said:But if they let people through without checking, if there was a risk they would miss their train, the fare dodgers would know that all they need to do is arrive at the last minute. The times you have been challenged but then they "didn't even look at the railcard" they will have been able to tell by your demeanour that you were genuine.1
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