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Incorrect Fare Charged at LIRR Forest Hills after Forest Hills Stadium Event? |
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Posted by Canton Viaduct on Sat Sep 20 00:38:13 2014 Went to an event at Forest Hills Stadium tonight and the took the LIRR back to Penn Station afterward. NYPD/LIRR staff weren't letting customers on the westbound platform at the Forest Hills station without a ticket or payment. The only way to get to the platform was by showing a ticket (that they'd punch right there before letting on the platform) or by purchasing a ticket (in cash only; they weren't letting customers up to the machines without a ticket) at $6.00. Granted, it might have been possible to use the machines at the eastbound track, but I didn't try to go over there. At any rate, I believe the off-peak fare is $5.75.I asked why $6.00, thinking it sounded a little high. My punched receipt (which was never checked on the train) says $6.00. The ticket seller said that that's the price of the fare. Turns out the fare is actually $5.75. It's not a lot; a quarter, not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, and I'm sure they don't want to be bothered carrying stacks of quarters for change, but I don't see it posted anywhere that the fare for that train, or trans after events at Forest Hills Stadium, is $6.00. Does anyone know if they can make up a fare like this on the spot, while preventing customers from using the machines, which yields the correct fare? Is it documented anywhere that the fare is $6.00 after special events near this station? Thanks! |
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