(24 Nov 2022, 7:58 pm)nova347 wrote I think with the Metro, so many people use it free of charge because there are no barriers or anything, especially if your going a few stops, someone whos in my class at uni get the metro and gets it a bit past Newcastle then gets the bus into Newcastle because it's cheaper not to mention it only takes like an extra 20 mins, not to mention a lot of people I know buy child tickets for when they're going to Newcastle just to get through the barrier.
Aye can't argue about that, personally I'd wish they'd put barriers at every station. I believe you can legally run them remote nowadays, sure one of the railways down South does it, South Eastern?, would help with the trouble in some places aswell.
Obviously some will jump them but it would go a long way or at least have them at more of the main stations; Wallsend, Byker, Whitley Bay, Tynemouth, Chichester, Jarrow etc so it's pretty much useless without paying - even if it's child tickets.