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Does this mean BART doesn't check your tickets while riding?
by rosstex 10y ago
Does this mean BART doesn't check your tickets while riding?
- ckuehl 10y agoBART doesn't have that type of ticket. You tag your Clipper card (or insert your BART ticket, if you're not a frequent rider) upon entering a station, and again when exiting at your destination.
- rosstex 10y agoBut CalTrain does have employees occasionally walk through the cars scanning Clipper cards.
- LarryMade2 10y agoYep and I've seen them catch people who just hopped on.
- ffumarola 10y agoCorrect, BART is not a proof of payment system. You must scan your clipper card or transit pass to enter the gated BART platform.
- delazeur 10y agoIt's been a few years since I've used it, and that was only a couple of times between going between a couple of stations, but that's not how I remember it. Some stations had ticket scanners at the entrance to the platform but some didn't. I remember the Palo Alto station very clearly because I got on once thinking I had grabbed my ticket from the vending machine when I had actually grabbed the previous person's receipt because I was in a hurry. I got on the train and once I realized I was worried about the fare inspectors coming on and catching me, so that station definitely does not require a ticket to get on the platform. Maybe that's just classism with respect to Palo Alto? Edit: never mind, it was Caltrain not BART.
- mikeklaas 10y agoThat's Caltrain, not BART. Caltrain is POP.
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- Oogoo 10y agoI believe you are thinking of Caltrain, which is a proof-of-payment system. BART does not go to Palo Alto.
- delazeur 10y agoThat makes sense, and explains some other memories I have about transferring trains. I did not realize they were separate systems.
- kaikai 10y agoYou may be thinking of Caltrain, rather than BART.