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Re: How the LIRR and Nassau PD Conspire Against Commuters |
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Posted by Charles G on Thu Jan 10 19:54:46 2008, in response to Re: How the LIRR and Nassau PD Conspire Against Commuters, posted by trainsarefun on Thu Jan 10 18:33:12 2008. Assignment to a fare zone is as the train runs, not as the bird flies.It isn't even that. Fare zone assignments were made back in the early 70's and were pretty clearly made to make conductors lives easier when collecting fares. Rockville Centre is 21.1 miles from Penn -- yet it was put in Zone 5 (which was later combined with zones 6 and 7 to create the current Zone 7). Meanwhile, the following stations are in Zone 4: Far Rockaway (23 miles from Penn) Hempstead (21.6 miles from Penn) West Hempstead (22.5 miles from Penn) East Williston (21.6 miles from Penn). But -- if you put the three terminal stations into Zone 5, then conductors would have to pay attention to which passengers were getting off at Zone 4 or Zone 5 stations. By lumping them all into Zone 4, conductors could basically take tickets after Jamaica and only be concerned with anyone who boarded at an intermediate station. Similarly, if they had put Rockville Centre into Zone 4, then they'd have to pay attention to whether people were buying tickets for RVC but staying on the train until Baldwin or Freeport on those 12-car RVC/Baldwin/Freeport express trains that they tend to cover with just 2 or 3 conductors. |
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