Bristol rail passengers complain... they CANNOT pay their fares

[90019]

Anyway, how about this for a really expensive (and failure-prone!) solution?
Order some new units, maybe some 172s (as if there aren't enough on the production line as it is! ), which come with interactive display boards on the back of each seat. These display boards come complete with ticket printing facilities, and the passenger simply selects the journey that they have made and prints a ticket for it, which would include price. FGW then open a new entrance/exit from the main "hall" which links only to Platform 1 (so all Severn Beach line trains run there), which is manned by conductors, to whom the passenger surrenders - and pays for! - his/her ticket.

I couldn't get a ticket because the seat broke!

 

[Ivo]

Inspector at BRI:

"What do you mean, the seat broke? Can the passenger in the seat your display was built into confirm this? Did he fall through the seat and land on the floor of the train? I think not. I shall be issuing you a penalty fare!"

Best... Excuse... Ever!

 

[43167]

There was the same today in west yorkshire. I got on a penistone line service going to huddersfield. I was the only person to get on at Honley, at the next station, Berry Brow again just one person boarded, then a couple at Lockwood.

The conductor just told the lockwood passengers to buy their tickets at the barrier in Huddersfield, presumable because it was his last job of the day and he had already cashed up.

They nearly riotted.

 

[royaloak]

Now I take it this is a pay-train, if so then that is what he gets paid to do, he shouldn't be cashing up until after the last station even though he gets time at the end of the shift to cash up, cheeky sod.

 

[CarterUSM]

Don't know about that particular TOC, but I used to get 15min book off time, enabling me to mop up the last lot of passengers tickets, (usually) and cash up in the messroom. Now I get 5min, this is walking time only, so I get cashed in earlier now. Which is unfortunate for anyone looking for a ticket from me.

 

[43167]

Now I take it this is a pay-train, if so then that is what he gets paid to do, he shouldn't be cashing up until after the last station even though he gets time at the end of the shift to cash up, cheeky sod.

Yes it was a pay on the train. The journey time between stations on this particular line are short, but long enough i would say for the conductor to do tickets.

 

[142094]

Leeds is the same story. Been on a couple of trains where they have said that the ticket machine is "broken" and so passengers have to buy on the station. Debateable that a machine can break on a 30 minute journey.

 

[royaloak]

Oh they can break in 30 seconds flat!

 

[SouthEastern-465]

We have this no paying for a ticket problem quite bad on the Bromley North line I would say that 75% of the people don't pay, and are never inspected for tickets either. Plus most of the offenders are young teenagers, and a ticket would only cost them £1.00 there and return. tut tut.