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10. Caltrain does this on its SF Peninsula trains

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 27, 2017, 04:57 PM

Feb 2017

About 1 time in 4 they'll inspect everyone: most of the time they'll tell riders without a ticket to get off at the next stop and buy one, although I have seen them write tickets on occasion.

Muni, the San Francisco system, supposedly does spot checks but I haven't seen them in a couple of years.

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Generally, systems like this inspect everyone on the car... brooklynite Feb 2017 #2

Oh that's better. At least everyone will be checked and not just those they choose yeoman6987 Feb 2017 #3

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