Schity Rail And Transh*t Officers

[NB4C]

The other day, I got off at Redfern Station and realised my weekly was invalid. Talked to one of the station attendants who directed me to the gate where I was ambushed by 2 transit officers and fined $200.

My local station doesn't have a gate - I was in a hurry and forgot to buy a ticket. In the past, station attendants have been understanding and friendly enough to let me out. I took the legit approach and got fined, yet gate jumpers get away easily.

This has got me thinking - City Rail and their Transit Officers are dirty - all about revenue raising.

1. Transit Officers are a drain on tax payer and commuter money. They earn 50-80K for walking around, fining people, and doing bugger all.

2. I never see them walking around trains at night - they're useless for security.

3. Because of their unjustifiably high salaries, Sydney train tickets cost more than they should.

4. Half of Sydney's stations have no ticket gates, some seriously lack ticket machines and counters during peak time. Why not spend the transit officer salary budget on more gates and machines?

5. In the past, I've almost been fined for travelling back one station too far on a return ticket. Train was an express that skipped my station, a ticket with a bit of extra range would have cost the same, stupid machines don't allow return tickets to go back past the purchasing station.

I lost my respect for transit officers a long time ago, but this fine incident has pissed me off. If I ever see a disorderly person assaulting a transit officer, I'd probably high five him and not call the cops.

Edited 25/06/10 05:07 PM by NB4C

[sexual harrassment panda]

seriously 50 to 80k, I might just have to move to sydney

[Worm]

Rent is like $700 a week! Outways salary!!!

[sexual harrassment panda]

fuc!< that it's under half that up here.

[ZAP]

Hangon the NSW government has been sending the state broke for years.

They NEED your fines, they NEED you to pay for your tickets, they NEED money.

Transit officers are not security guards, this is what the transit police are for.

I think you are being a bit harsh over something you have admitted to. YOU did not have a ticket and were fined for not having one.

Yes it sucks that you did the right thing by fessing up, but you could have avoided it if you were early for the train and had enough time to buy the ticket.

Having a whine over the money they earn and how little they apparently do is not going to achieve anything.

[NB4C]

Everyone needs to let off some steam, we've had people getting done for 4km/h over and having a rant. Technically it broke the law but it's ridiculous stupid.

[XR6T-CTOWN]

The other day, I got off at Redfern Station and realised my weekly was invalid. Talked to one of the station attendants who directed me to the gate where I was ambushed by 2 transit officers and fined $200.

My local station doesn't have a gate - I was in a hurry and forgot to buy a ticket. In the past, station attendants have been understanding and friendly enough to let me out. I took the legit approach and got fined, yet gate jumpers get away easily.

This has got me thinking - City Rail and their Transit Officers are dirty - all about revenue raising.

1. Transit Officers are a drain on tax payer and commuter money. They earn 50-80K for walking around, fining people, and doing bugger all.

2. I never see them walking around trains at night - they're useless for security.

3. Because of their unjustifiably high salaries, Sydney train tickets cost more than they should.

4. Half of Sydney's stations have no ticket gates, some seriously lack ticket machines and counters during peak time. Why not spend the transit officer salary budget on more gates and machines?

5. In the past, I've almost been fined for travelling back one station too far on a return ticket. Train was an express that skipped my station, a ticket with a bit of extra range would have cost the same, stupid machines don't allow return tickets to go back past the purchasing station.

I lost my respect for transit officers a long time ago, but this fine incident has pissed me off. If I ever see a disorderly person assaulting a transit officer, I'd probably high five him and not call the cops.

Sound like you got hit harsh ... BUT what it comes down to is where do you draw the line?? let one person off?? you have to let every person off ... if to's are picking and choosing people to let off it becomes unethical, SOP's state strictly that everyone MUST be treated and dealt with equally, as harsh as it sounds its the only way it can work otherwise it turns into discrimination (fining people who look like sh*t bags but then letting an average looking person off) lots of to's do it and let people off but its off the record...

I'll give you a bit of advice: under standard operating procedures ticketing offences are (adult) category 1 offences and under law means a fine should be issued UNLESS - There were no ticketing facilities at the station (no machine and no window eg: vineyard), an error was made by staff selling you the ticket, you came to the station and gave yourself enough time to purchase a ticket but for some unforseen circumstance you were unable to purchase a ticket (unusually long lines) ticket machine was broken and no window was available.

Not trying to be a blues dude but transit officers do a thankless job. Revenue is absolutely low priority, safety and security is their primary role. I guarantee you most of transit officer resources go to late night trains (car patrols and foot patrols) 99% of people think to's just do ticketing but ticket checks are told to be conducted regularly until a job comes up (so to's aren't standing around scratching their heads)

to's get good pay because it a very tough job, dealing directly with aggressive persons and high pressure situations with only a baton and handcuffs .... its classed as a high risk job which is why the money is decent ...

and I dont wanna say it but I know all this because im a to

[Dillz]

Mate you should see the Melbourne one's, there hilarious.

[XR6T-CTOWN]

Mate you should see the Melbourne one's, there hilarious.

lol dont worry lots of hilarious ones here in sydney too haha