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« Reply #15 on: December 16, 2009, 14:58:52 »
Quote from: bignosemac on December 16, 2009, 06:21:48
Hang on there....you say you've never encountered revenue protection people but then go on to mention dealings with a ticket examiner who gets on at OXF» (Oxford - next trains).......huh?

Strictly speaking that's correct - Revenue Protection are the bods who are authorized to charge penalty fares (but will also sell appropriately discounted tickets if the circumstances warrant). Ticket examiners don't have the penalty fares/PACE▸ (Police & Criminal Evidence Act 1984about) training that RP▸ (Revenue Protection, or Responsible Person, depending on context) do. In revenue terms they have the same authority as a conductor, namely they can raise the full single fare for a journey where necessary but can't issue a PF▸ (Penalty Fare).
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« Reply #16 on: December 16, 2009, 20:02:11 »
Quote from: inspector_blakey on December 16, 2009, 14:58:52
Quote from: bignosemac on December 16, 2009, 06:21:48
Hang on there....you say you've never encountered revenue protection people but then go on to mention dealings with a ticket examiner who gets on at OXF» (Oxford - next trains).......huh?

Strictly speaking that's correct - Revenue Protection are the bods who are authorized to charge penalty fares (but will also sell appropriately discounted tickets if the circumstances warrant). Ticket examiners don't have the penalty fares/PACE▸ (Police & Criminal Evidence Act 1984about) training that RP▸ (Revenue Protection, or Responsible Person, depending on context) do. In revenue terms they have the same authority as a conductor, namely they can raise the full single fare for a journey where necessary but can't issue a PF▸ (Penalty Fare).

Fair point. However my experience of staff boarding to specifically examine tickets is for Revenue Protection, and they have nearly always had the requisite authority to PF. RPI▸ (Revenue Protection Inspector, or Retail Price Index, depending on context)'s do seem sadly lacking on FGW▸ (First Great Western) though......
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« Reply #17 on: December 16, 2009, 20:12:06 »
If only there was a way to buy tickets on the train....  Wink
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« Reply #18 on: December 17, 2009, 12:20:55 »
Quote from: eightf48544 on December 15, 2009, 18:20:39
They will all have read in the Daily Mail

Well, that's b*ll*cks for a start.....who reads that pile of garbage?
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« Reply #19 on: December 17, 2009, 12:45:46 »
Quote from: ChrisB on December 17, 2009, 12:20:55
Quote from: eightf48544 on December 15, 2009, 18:20:39
They will all have read in the Daily Mail
Well, that's b*ll*cks for a start.....who reads that pile of garbage?

Well over 2 million people a day amazingly enough. Luckily, most of them are sat in their conservatories eating rich tea biscuits all day, rather than venturing anywhere near a railway station.
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