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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Thu Aug 16 16:22:18 2012, in response to Re: LIRR Fare Ripoff Hoax..., posted by Broadway Lion on Thu Aug 16 07:57:47 2012. You get on at Babylon and it charges you for a trip to Manhattan (where you do not need to swipe to leave the train), If you get off sooner, you swipe again and the charge is revised to the correct fare to that station.I like it, especially the "refund" for an early exit... presumably someone exiting without a corresponding "entry" would be charged the from-Manhattan rate so an intermediate farebeater would need to evade turnstiles twice, doubling the risk of getting caught. However going to Manhattan, only one turnstile would need to be evaded. I don't see a need to avoid turnstiles in Manhattan - if Shinjuku can handle 3.3 million turnstile interactions a day, a way can be found for the 300,000 (or 600,000) of Penn Station's passengers. |
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