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I don't understand why this is so complicated. Why is there a controller on the train checking tickets? In Tokyo and NYC, you just go through a turnstile after
by w1ntermute 14y ago
I don't understand why this is so complicated. Why is there a controller on the train checking tickets? In Tokyo and NYC, you just go through a turnstile after swiping your card. You swipe your card again when exiting at your destination station. I never thought it was that complicated.
- driverdan 14y agoCaltrain doesn't have turnstiles, it's walk on, walk off. It's similar to Amtrak. You buy your ticket ahead of time (or pay on Clipper) and show it to a conductor on the train.
- salem 14y agoYou would have to build those turnstiles at each station and staff each station. There is probably a break even point for a certain volume of trains where building out and staffing the stations is cheaper, but I double they have hit that
- w1ntermute 14y agoThen it seems to me that the first step would be to encourage more people to ride so that having turnstiles becomes financially viable.