Stasi at Heuston station

[Mark Gleeson]

Fixed monthly is required for the tax saver scheme

In the UK and NI performance is measured on a monthly basis and discounts issued to those holding monthly tickets from the next month and so on

Also if you where to give a days grace and had flexible ticket dates you can guess what will happen

Monthly tickets can be bought in advance

The advent of the smart card will eliminate these problems forever and you will always get the cheapest outcome regardless of travel pattern

This thread is starting to diverge in 2 ways so looking to split it somehow

[Thomas Ralph]

Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson

Fixed monthly is required for the tax saver scheme

Well do what Luas does — sell calendar month tickets to tax saver scheme and rolling 30-day tickets to everyone else.

[grainne whale]

As from this morning, the Stasi are back. Kildare route passengers arriving at Heuston this morning were subjected to the same treatment as had been dished out to them last March.

[plant43]

FYI the stasi are always there, I guess they just become more visible when the RPU are in tow.

[Mark Gleeson]

You will note they tend to do checks at the start of the month, this is a serious attempt to catch fare evasion

[grainne whale]

These are thugs, why are transport police not used to back up rail staff who are checking tickets. We have transport police at Dublin Airport and also at Dublin Port, why can we not have them at main line stations.

[Colm Moore]

Originally Posted by grainne whale

We have transport police at Dublin Airport and also at Dublin Port, why can we not have them at main line stations.

We have Airport Police in the three former Aer Rianta airports that also do things life fire fighting.

I understand that much of the Port Police in Dublin Port has been privatised.

[Thomas Ralph]

Originally Posted by grainne whale

As from this morning, the Stasi are back. Kildare route passengers arriving at Heuston this morning were subjected to the same treatment as had been dished out to them last March.

And proper order too, it's the first day of the month and if people aren't going to pay their fares they deserve the consequences

[Mark Gleeson]

The hired mob are a problem, they are exceptional intimidating and the legal authority they have is virtually zero, of course no id badges

There have been assaults on ticket checkers and in some cases staff refuse to work without security on site

Those of using Pearse, Tara and Connolly are subject and have been subject for decades to a check every day, I've experience same in stations in the UK and I met the RATP revenue team on Paris once, they hunt in packs of 4

[Colm Donoghue]

[quote their CEO]Our Colleagues

We know how important it is that you receive a satisfactory service from our staff at all times.

So we expect our colleagues to:

be polite and helpful
consider your safety and comfort
wear their appropriate uniform
wear an identification badge
[/quote]
so if there's no identification badge, you could be fairly sure that they are not irish rail staff
like if they are not polite and helpful; obviously not irish rail staff !

[CSL]

Demand to see their licence which if they are legal they must have [ although from what I can see everyone is saying if the cops come around "I've applied" ]