Stasi at Heuston Station

[Pauli]

There are bouncers,who wear a Stazi type of uniform, they are NOT transport police.

Tell me, what exactly constituted the unifiorm of the Staatsicherheitspolizei?? Or are you talking about the I M's?? Or Mielke's ceremonial uniform??

[Seos]

Couldn't agree more. The thing that really got up my nose was the fact that passengers without a ticket were herded into an area cordoned off by security barriers...really intimidating. Its a pity that Irish Rail don't put more effort into running a reliable service. Passengers coming from Naas will know what I'm talking about. The funny thing is that you never see any ticket checkers meeting a train which has been delayed (quite a lot if you travel from Naas). There know what reaction they would get.

How about stop stealing from the tax-payer you scappy f...people then they'll have the money to improve services!

[grainne whale]

Why should fare paying passengers be herded like this also, surely ticket validation machines are the answer.

[Pauli]

Why should fare paying passengers be herded like this also, surely ticket validation machines are the answer.

You still haven't answered my question regarding the way these people visually resembled the Stasi. Well?

[Dr Jimbo]

Why should fare paying passengers be herded like this also, surely ticket validation machines are the answer.

But then what would the ticket checkers do? Go on strike if they were asked to do a useful job, methinks.

[grainne whale]

Maybe they could do a real job, like checking passengers tickets on the train

[rkeane]

well i must say this is one of the dumbest threads ever.

[Leveller on the Liffey]

There are bouncers,who wear a Stazi type of uniform, they are NOT transport police.

I think that's because our transport system isn't big enough to support a Transport Police.

I agree the 'Men in Black' are not the most desirable option but because the Garda probably think protecting train travellers is beneath them, someone has to do the job, as well as protecting the ticket checkers.

[grainne whale]

well i must say this is one of the dumbest threads ever.

If you took an early morning train into Heuston last week, you wouldn't think so,

[RBinge]

I get the train most days from the Hatch and noted grainne whale's "stasi" all right. As I have an annual ticket it didn't bother me, I just beared right to the ticket checker when I got off the train and showed my ticket to him. I could easily say to anyone always have a valid ticket to travel but I think the OP's problem is the rather aggressive look of the whole thing.

The problem at Heuston, both fare evasion and the response to it at the start of the month, is that the station is dependent on manual checking of tickets. The barriers at Connolly and Docklands seem to work pretty well and they are relatively difficult to evade if someone hasn't a valid ticket. That is the route to go for the southwestern services unless there's a compo issue involved for the checkers. On train checking teams should be looked at as well. Ianrod Eireann are entitled not to be ripped off by the people using its service.