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Originally Posted by hstudent
Well that was suggested as the reason in the North West RUS as why many station's actual passenger figures are a lot higher than what is statistically recorded.
There are posters at stations saying that if the ticket office if open you can't buy cheap day returns or savers or obtain railcard discounts if purchasing a ticket on the train. However, that obviously has no effect on a lot of passengers who travel before 9:30.
It also could be because some people are lazy and enter a station from the other side to where the ticket office is located and can't be bothered to go across to the ticket office.
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Thanks for that.
It's yet another example of people taking the option which requires the least effort on their part and sod everyone else.
I suppose the railways have brought much of this on themselves by doing away with so many manned-stations and having to introduce conductors. Even if their station has a ticket office it sounds like many now regard the conductor as the normal means of purchasing a ticket. For many people there is also the added incentive that the conductor might be too busy to get to them. No wonder Northern are looking at ways to reduce fare evasion.