saulblum wrote:But even at North and South Stations and at Back Bay, you can board without a ticket or pass and buy on-board, subject to a surcharge. If a passenger without a pass or ticket were (literally) running late and planning to buy on-board, would they be denied boarding by these checks? If not, then what is the point? And if so, then the T had better update its buy-on-board policies.
Besides, just how rampant is rush hour fare evasion on the commuter rail? Are there really that many passengers who board without a ticket or pass and hope the conductor doesn't get to them while on-board?
These checks seem about as pointless as the occasional bag swabbing checkpoints.
octr202 wrote:In the past, yes it seemed like they would deny you access unless you had a ticket in hand (or presumably had one activated on your phone).
ExCon90 wrote:Something else that might catch a few would be to have inspectors and transit police board the train at a stop beyond the first fare zone to see who's riding to Rockport on a Lynn ticket.
ExCon90 wrote:The problem is that you can't tell how much fare evasion there is without doing some kind of check at intervals …
saulblum wrote:octr202 wrote:In the past, yes it seemed like they would deny you access unless you had a ticket in hand (or presumably had one activated on your phone).
I still fail to see the point of this exercise. And is Keolis so over-staffed that there are conductors who can stand on the platform and check passes and not be needed on trains? Or is the train's conductors who are checking on the platforms as passengers board?
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