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« Reply #15 on: March 02, 2010, 12:01:35 »
Quote from: vacman on March 02, 2010, 10:45:37
[I've seen RPI▸ (Revenue Protection Inspector, or Retail Price Index, depending on context)'s at Exeter st Davids have the gates to reject tickets from St Thomas when they've had RPI's at St Thomas so that they can catch people buying "short tickets".

How do you prove that?  Would seem to be very difficult to prove "beyond reasonable doubt" that someone arriving at ESD with a ticket from EST did not infact travel from EST without looking at CCTV▸ (Closed Circuit Tele-Vision) footage etc.  If the RPI didn't see you go through the gate at EST, how can he prove you didn't go past him when his back was turned or arrive at EST on another ticket. 

I know it isn't a FGW▸ (First Great Western) station, but in November the newly installed (and unmanned) automatic gates at Darlington were set to "accept all".  A sign was posted next to them admitting this and saying that it was done in order to test the gates and get customers used to using them.   The Darlington gates were of a slightly different design to the other ones I've seen.  They looked cheap and nasty to me and were very slow opening. 
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« Reply #16 on: March 02, 2010, 16:27:49 »
Hmm. Obviously progress with the barriers at Darlington is a little slow then - they were set to exactly the same thing when I last visited in mid-August!
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« Reply #17 on: March 02, 2010, 18:04:54 »
Quote from: Tim on March 02, 2010, 12:01:35
Quote from: vacman on March 02, 2010, 10:45:37
[I've seen RPI▸ (Revenue Protection Inspector, or Retail Price Index, depending on context)'s at Exeter st Davids have the gates to reject tickets from St Thomas when they've had RPI's at St Thomas so that they can catch people buying "short tickets".

How do you prove that?  Would seem to be very difficult to prove "beyond reasonable doubt" that someone arriving at ESD with a ticket from EST did not infact travel from EST without looking at CCTV▸ (Closed Circuit Tele-Vision) footage etc.  If the RPI didn't see you go through the gate at EST, how can he prove you didn't go past him when his back was turned or arrive at EST on another ticket. 


There are no gates at EXT  Smiley

I thought that RPI's were put at EXT so people then trying to buy tickets at EXD» (Exeter St Davids - next trains) were caught as they would have had to have bought one from the RPIs.
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« Reply #18 on: March 03, 2010, 18:34:50 »
Excuse me for hijacking this thread, but I thought it would be best to ask this here as we're on the subject of railcards.

I've got a YP Railcard which I know lasts until I am 25. I was born on April 5 1985, so will be 25 next month, but my current railcard expires on Sunday (March 7).

Now, excuse me if I am not thinking straight, but as my birthday is a month after the renewal date of the railcard, when would I lose entitlement to it? It does say on the form that I can use the railcard even if I am 26 as long as it was issued when I was 25, so am I correct in thinking I would lose entitlement to it a month before my 27th birthday?
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« Reply #19 on: March 03, 2010, 18:38:53 »
Quote from: James Vertigan on March 03, 2010, 18:34:50
Excuse me for hijacking this thread, but I thought it would be best to ask this here as we're on the subject of railcards.

I've got a YP Railcard which I know lasts until I am 25. I was born on April 5 1985, so will be 25 next month, but my current railcard expires on Sunday (March 7).

Now, excuse me if I am not thinking straight, but as my birthday is a month after the renewal date of the railcard, when would I lose entitlement to it? It does say on the form that I can use the railcard even if I am 26 as long as it was issued when I was 25, so am I correct in thinking I would lose entitlement to it a month before my 27th birthday?
You lose the entitlement on the date shown on the railcard, even if you become 26 before this date.  The only exception is if you are a full time student - then you can renew the card.

So in your case, provided you renew the railcard before you become 26, it will be valid for a whole year from the date of renewal.
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« Reply #20 on: March 03, 2010, 19:34:22 »
Quote from: Brucey on March 03, 2010, 18:38:53
... provided you renew the railcard before you become 26, it will be valid for a whole year from the date of renewal.

Indeed - I renewed my YP Railcard online in December and it is valid until 2 days after my 27th birthday!
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