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The 20% could easily be missed if it ended up looking like a ticket wasn't sold at all (ie. just 20% fewer tickets got sold). Many railways don't keep track of
by londons_explore 3y ago
The 20% could easily be missed if it ended up looking like a ticket wasn't sold at all (ie. just 20% fewer tickets got sold).
Many railways don't keep track of the paper that tickets are sold on, because the same paper is used for printing receipts, seat reservations, free/discounted tickets etc.
Many railways also have a double digit percentage of fare evasion. Also, many railways operate partially/mostly on government funds not ticket revenue, so a 20% loss in ticket revenue wasn't a 20% drop in total revenue.
- toogan 3y agoBut surely they would have a counter of how many tickets were sold in a machine?
- londons_explore 3y agoI do wonder if the repairman had the ability to reset/twiddle with that counter...
- Topgamer7 3y agoIt literally calls this out in the article folks. Leadership attributed it to a software bug and didn't look into it further.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoBut they had a record that said how much he stole. So they knew how much they were supposed to earn vs what they did earn.