Malton Seadog
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- Joined
- 16 May 2010
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Forgive me if this comes across as a bit of a rant, but I'll do my best to keep my hat on!
I live in Doncaster and commute to York five days a week for work, but I also make the journey on odd weekends for personal visits.
The cost of said monthly pass is £172.10 - which for the record I have to pay out of my own wallet - no help from the company I work for there, I'm afraid!
After the first month of living in Doncaster, it struck me that neither Doncaster or York station had permanent ticket barriers. Indeed, the only times I can think of that there has been a temporary barrier in place was for York Races a week or so ago (three days) and at Doncaster, they do it once in a blue moon.
It also struck me that the conductor on the East Coast train to York (08:08 from Doncaster) hardly EVER checked tickets. The return journey (17:34) CrossCountry journey was slightly more efficient with ticket checks, but still not great.
Before I type the next bit - I do have a life!
Ok - so I thought I'd put a tick or cross next to the date on the calendar based on whether my ticket had been checked or not en route to work. Here are the results.
X=not checked. O=checked.
26/07 XX
27/07 XX
28/07 XO
29/07 XX
30/07 XO
31/07 XX
01/08 XX
02/08 XO
03/08 OO
04/08 OO
05/08 XX
06/08 XO
07/08 OO
09/08 XX
10/08 X
11/08 OX
12/08 XO
13/08 XX
14/08 XO
16/08 XO
17/08 XO
18/08 XX
19/08 XX
20/08 XX
23/08 XX
24/08 XX
25/08 XX
26/08 OX
So there we have it. On the 10th, I only made the journey one way.
28 days.
55 journeys.
16 times where my ticket was checked.
I know the conductor's job isn't based solely around checking tickets, but for crying out loud - are you honestly saying that on SIXTEEN occasions, the CrossCountry conductor couldn't get down a FOUR COACH train in 25 minutes between York and Doncaster?
East Coast have nine coaches to get through - but to be honest, the morning train is hardly ever so busy that there are more than 2-3 people standing between each coach.
I'm an honest person, and I will continue to buy my £172.10 monthly pass - but it doesn't half annoy me.
If I was less honest, I could have got 39 free journeys from Doncaster-York. A standard single is around £10 I believe. £390 on potential lost revenue there...
Makes you think, doesn't it?
I live in Doncaster and commute to York five days a week for work, but I also make the journey on odd weekends for personal visits.
The cost of said monthly pass is £172.10 - which for the record I have to pay out of my own wallet - no help from the company I work for there, I'm afraid!
After the first month of living in Doncaster, it struck me that neither Doncaster or York station had permanent ticket barriers. Indeed, the only times I can think of that there has been a temporary barrier in place was for York Races a week or so ago (three days) and at Doncaster, they do it once in a blue moon.
It also struck me that the conductor on the East Coast train to York (08:08 from Doncaster) hardly EVER checked tickets. The return journey (17:34) CrossCountry journey was slightly more efficient with ticket checks, but still not great.
Before I type the next bit - I do have a life!
Ok - so I thought I'd put a tick or cross next to the date on the calendar based on whether my ticket had been checked or not en route to work. Here are the results.
X=not checked. O=checked.
26/07 XX
27/07 XX
28/07 XO
29/07 XX
30/07 XO
31/07 XX
01/08 XX
02/08 XO
03/08 OO
04/08 OO
05/08 XX
06/08 XO
07/08 OO
09/08 XX
10/08 X
11/08 OX
12/08 XO
13/08 XX
14/08 XO
16/08 XO
17/08 XO
18/08 XX
19/08 XX
20/08 XX
23/08 XX
24/08 XX
25/08 XX
26/08 OX
So there we have it. On the 10th, I only made the journey one way.
28 days.
55 journeys.
16 times where my ticket was checked.
I know the conductor's job isn't based solely around checking tickets, but for crying out loud - are you honestly saying that on SIXTEEN occasions, the CrossCountry conductor couldn't get down a FOUR COACH train in 25 minutes between York and Doncaster?
East Coast have nine coaches to get through - but to be honest, the morning train is hardly ever so busy that there are more than 2-3 people standing between each coach.
I'm an honest person, and I will continue to buy my £172.10 monthly pass - but it doesn't half annoy me.
If I was less honest, I could have got 39 free journeys from Doncaster-York. A standard single is around £10 I believe. £390 on potential lost revenue there...
Makes you think, doesn't it?