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Title: Ticket checks this evening! Post by: chineseJohn on March 19, 2012, 18:18:48 On the 17:11 to Newbury this evening - ticket seller checking tickets this evening backed up by a G4S guys. Good to see this.
Title: Re: Ticket checks this evening! Post by: BerkshireBugsy on March 19, 2012, 20:58:42 Gets my vote ! Now how about ticket checks on the early morning services ?!
Title: Re: Ticket checks this evening! Post by: chineseJohn on March 23, 2012, 22:49:31 Same again happened this evening 17:11, this time 2 G4S guards + FGW ticket checker.
They started checking as soon as wel left Reading West but only checked for tickets for people who got on at Reading West. The first two they checked did not have tickets but the guy just sold them the ticket they required. On a separate note, spoke to a fellow passenger about ticket dodging. he said that he witnessed a passenger who got on at Theale in the morning,ticket checked bought a ticket to Reading but stayed onto London. Title: Re: Ticket checks this evening! Post by: Electric train on March 24, 2012, 07:45:15 It is not on FGW lately who have stepped up on board ticket checks it is across the network. I could be cynical and suggest it is the end of the financial year and the TOC are needing revenue figures to justify the subsidy
Title: Re: Ticket checks this evening! Post by: paul7575 on March 24, 2012, 11:38:00 FGW were required to beef up revenue protection by recruiting additional revenue staff, as part of the deal with DfT for the additional rolling stock. I'm sure this was announced a while back...
Paul Title: Re: Ticket checks this evening! Post by: inspector_blakey on March 24, 2012, 17:27:19 It is not on FGW lately who have stepped up on board ticket checks it is across the network. I could be cynical and suggest it is the end of the financial year and the TOC are needing revenue figures to justify the subsidy Can't find the posts now, but I certainly remember other cynical posters in previous years suggesting the exact opposite, i.e. that FGW were deliberately letting revenue control slip towards the end of the financial year to "justify" the subsidy by making sure they didn't collect too much in fares... Not sure I really see either argument myself: the subsidy is set as part of the franchise agreement and I really wouldn't have thought that any difference revenue protection (or lack thereof) over a few weeks would make a significant difference ::) Title: Re: Ticket checks this evening! Post by: chineseJohn on March 26, 2012, 12:44:14 This morning - Theale station - about 6 Revenue protection guys.
Title: Re: Ticket checks this evening! Post by: SapperPsmith on March 26, 2012, 13:22:28 It is not on FGW lately who have stepped up on board ticket checks it is across the network. I could be cynical and suggest it is the end of the financial year and the TOC are needing revenue figures to justify the subsidy Can't find the posts now, but I certainly remember other cynical posters in previous years suggesting the exact opposite, i.e. that FGW were deliberately letting revenue control slip towards the end of the financial year to "justify" the subsidy by making sure they didn't collect too much in fares... Not sure I really see either argument myself: the subsidy is set as part of the franchise agreement and I really wouldn't have thought that any difference revenue protection (or lack thereof) over a few weeks would make a significant difference ::) FGW are in Revenue Support so they have been minimising their costs (eg Revenue Protection staff). I suspect DfT realised this and made them put back some resources as part of the HLOS deal. Title: Re: Ticket checks this evening! Post by: chineseJohn on March 27, 2012, 13:59:07 I think you're right - ticket checks in the last 2 months have been very common, where as the previous 10 months - nothing/rare - to the point my monthly season ticket was in pristine condition due to the lack of usage at barriers or showing anyone.
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