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Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson
Standard policy across Europe is no barriers and fairly minimal checks on local services, combined with very heavy enforcement at random checks
long distance there is generally a member of staff onbroad
Irish Rail's gating policy does work well at busy locations and the revenue at stations where barriers have been fitted has typically gone up
The random checks at outer suburban stations are effective.
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The only problem is these 'ambushes' by RPU seem to inconvenience the ordinary commuter, why don't they arrange them when fare evasion is rife (ie. when/ where stations are unmanned or out of hours).