Readers’ Platform
Give us on-board ticket checks, not pay-as-you-leave farce
IT HAS long been the case that conductors on certain routes simply do not collect fares due to a total lack of discipline. For example on April 27, my wife and I took the 09.29 North Berwick to Edinburgh service and the conductor only got out of his seat at the rear of the train to close the doors at each station stop. It was the same on the 11.42 return from Waverley.
On arrival at Waverley we were met by three revenue protection officers, complete with ticket machines and they were joined by the conductor who then
