Nick wrote:
On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 10:12:29 +0100, "Jim Hawkins"
wrote this:

How would you stop the trains becoming doss houses ?
How would you stop gangs of yobs from boarding for
a variety of illegal/antisocial purposes?

How would you stop them now?

Nick

It doesn't happen, largely because dossers can't afford tickets
and most yobs don't want to buy them.
But please tell me, how are they going to be stopped in a
ticket-free situation ?
I'm not rubbishing the idea of free train travel, but the obvious
potential problems need to be addressed.

Jim Hawkins