Money Moral Dilemma: Should I go back and pay for my train ticket?

debtfreewannabee76 wrote: »

I would say Yes, similar to MothballsWallet this type of incident ultimately increases fares for others.

Presumably the train would have run whether the OP was on or not, so the TOC costs are the same.

Without being contentious how is a single none paying passenger going to increase others fares?


You could argue that if the majority used a discount card of some sort then every other passenger would have increased fares?


In my neck of the woods the local stations have barriers at the main stations but are disconnected at night and no ticket checks are done on trains. Presumably because of low passenger volumes it costs more to provide staff to catch the none payers than the revenue that would be generated.

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If it means one less driver has to deal with someone jumping in front of their train, that'll be a much better outcome.