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Old October 29th 06, 05:44 PM posted to uk.transport.london
James Farrar James Farrar is offline
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On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:08:02 GMT, David of Broadway
wrote:

What I don't understand is why the presumption is that PAYG users are
trying to cheat the system while TravelCard holders are traveling within
their zones. (If a dishonest TravelCard holder travels outside his
zones and exits the system at a station without gates, what possible
reason would he have to touch out? Why is nobody concerned with his
fare evasion? On the flip side, if the TravelCard holder is granted the
benefit of the doubt, why not treat the PAYG user with the same courtesy?)


By assuming that they started/ended their journey where, precisely?