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James Howard · 24-02-2016, 14:29

So basically one delay doesn't matter because it's got another delay timetabled in anyway. No wonder they have one train scheduled at 3 hours 40 minutes to Sligo. This is "Are you right there Michael" scheduling.

Anyway, to return to the original subject, a ticket checker / RPU agent on either the 1705 or the 1905 once or twice a week would easily pay for themselves in collecting from dodgers.

In any case, it would be very easy to check by putting on a one-off basis two RPU agents (one per half) on the 1705 train in Enfield where they would have plenty of time to collect the names and addresses before Mullingar. I'd be surprised if they made less than 2 grand in fines the first time they tried that. At the very least they'd find out whether or not there was a problem and they would be in a position to do an accurate cost/benefit analysis of putting a ticket checker on these trains consistently.

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24-02-2016, 14:29	#14
James Howard Really Really Regluar Poster Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sligo Line Posts: 1,115	So basically one delay doesn't matter because it's got another delay timetabled in anyway. No wonder they have one train scheduled at 3 hours 40 minutes to Sligo. This is "Are you right there Michael" scheduling. Anyway, to return to the original subject, a ticket checker / RPU agent on either the 1705 or the 1905 once or twice a week would easily pay for themselves in collecting from dodgers. In any case, it would be very easy to check by putting on a one-off basis two RPU agents (one per half) on the 1705 train in Enfield where they would have plenty of time to collect the names and addresses before Mullingar. I'd be surprised if they made less than 2 grand in fines the first time they tried that. At the very least they'd find out whether or not there was a problem and they would be in a position to do an accurate cost/benefit analysis of putting a ticket checker on these trains consistently.