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You bet it should.

Think about it, the government pays for all that rolling stock, for the rails and energy to drive it and for all of the station staff and drivers and ticket collectors.

And does the customers' fare cover all this? Of course not. I'm betting it would be cheaper to not have ticket collectors and those stupid ticket boxes that are always being vandalised and having to be repaired. Far better also to not have to keep fining people and taking them to court (what does THAT cost?) and all the mucking about.

Just let us ride for free. Think of how the roads won't be so congested, how it'll help people on lower incomes, how the air pollution will be cut down from having fewer cars on the road.

It's called PUBLIC transport but really, the cost makes it prohibitive for a lot of people.

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