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Old Aug 9, 2016 | 11:22 am
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Originally Posted by seawolf
I think the SkyTrain operators can do a better job communicating a ticket is required.
I could not agree more.

I believe, however, that this is more "philosophical" issue. In this country we hate 100% control, we hate gates and borders and we believe very much in people being honest. Given that we put trust in everybody using the system and punish these misusing the trust (albeit the chance of getting caught is pretty low).

The same is true for every regional train. On probably 90% of the trains (and in particular on the S-Bahns) you will not see any conductor. Most (95+ percent) people, however, do buy a ticket or hold a pass.
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