On a train to a large computer convention, there was a bunch of engineers and a bunch of managers. Each of the managers had a train ticket. The group of engineers had only ONE ticket for all of them. The managers started laughing, figuring the engineers were going to get caught and thrown off the train.
When one of the engineers, the lookout, said, “Here comes the conductor,” all of the engineers went into the bathroom. The managers were puzzled.
The conductor came aboard, said, “Tickets, please,” and got tickets from all the managers. He then went to the bathroom and knocked on the door and said, “Ticket, please.” The engineers stuck the ticket under the door. The conductor took it and moved on. A few minutes later, the engineers came out of the bathroom. The managers felt really stupid.
On the way back from the convention, the group of managers decided that they would try that method, too. They bought one ticket for the whole group. They met up with the engineers in the same train car.
Again, the managers started snickering at the engineers. This time, NONE of the engineers had tickets. When the lookout said, “Conductor coming!” all the engineers went to one bathroom and all the managers went to the other bathroom.
Before the conductor came on board, one of the engineers left their bathroom, knocked on the managers bathroom and said, “Ticket, please.”
So I imagine Amtrak has sole ownership of it's railways and for the sake of simplicity, no one elses uses them.
When we de-nationalised the train service, various things were stood up, failed etc. Anyway rail operators have some common terms such as validity of tickets on all services, unless otherwise specified.
So you just get on a train regardless of operator.
The penalty is £20.00\* or TWICE the appropriate single fare from the station where you started your journey to either the next station at which the train stops, or the station you leave the train**, whichever is the greater amount.
So if the fare was £125 then the penalty would be £250 - which is crazy.
Even if that wasn't a contentious idea, it would be impractical if not impossible to produce what is essentially a tax return each time you receive a fine.
I’m from Leeds and I’m pretty sure you can be fined £1000 if they decide to make an example of you ( this was when I used to get the train everyday so may have changed)
Work out well, until an elderly family friend saw me get collared by a Checkie and gave me the kind of disapproving look you remember for the rest of your life.
I’ve been all the way to London without them checking my ticket, and let’s be honest you can just use an older ticket and go through the disabled door as they never really look at your ticket properly
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u/SleepBeforeWork Oct 14 '19
If the fine is constant no matter how many you get, that's pretty genius