MTR’s Tuen Mun District Light Rail Station is cracking down on fare evaders who don’t show their cards when leaving the station Is this illegal?
As the Light Rail has no additional gates, passengers must go to an Octopus card machine at the entrance to the platform to “photograph” the card, or buy tickets from the machines sell tickets on the platform before taking the Light Rail. Recently, a large number of MTR staff have been stationed at Tuen Mun Light Rail station to “check fares” to get rid of fare-avoiding passengers who walk around the Light Rail station without tapping on the card.
▼Light rail ticket checking live▼
Neighbours: People in the North West have been like this for 10 years
A neighbor said, “Someone said people take the Light Rail without taking pictures out of the station and go around, leave the station and buy illegal things, I explained that he knew that the Light Rail is so radio…”, and he said that if he broke the law, “the whole North West must have been breaking the law for more than thirty years.”
Some netizens questioned whether the practice amounted to “exploiting loopholes”
However, some citizens said that if necessary, they would choose to “walk around the station without tapping the card” and believed that this could be done within a reasonable range as long as they adhere to two main rules, including “no duplicate stations” and “2 hours “Inside”, you can ride the Light Rail without paying the fare. However, some questioned whether this move is a legal loophole.
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Passengers’ Guide to Light Rail and Bus Services and Answers to MTR (North West Rail) Bylaws
Looking at the official MTR website, the passenger information section of the light rail and bus services states that “authenticated Octopus or one-way tickets only apply to one-way travel to another station start from the station where the station is confirmed or where the ticket was purchased, and the time cannot be repeated the one-way ticket is sold.
▼Passenger’s Guide to Light Rail and Bus Services▼
▼ Mon Kong Railway (North Western Railway) By-laws” ▼
Furthermore, according to the Hong Kong Railway (North Western Railway) Bye-laws (Chapter 556, Section 34), any person (other than a person under 3 years of age) who travel by vehicle without a ticket or with an expired or invalid ticket. ticket will not go If you have a ticket, an invalid ticket, etc., taking or attempting to take a North Western Railway bus or vehicle, you will be deemed not to have paid the fare and you will be responsible for the in addition to that, if the passenger does not present the ticket If the journey covered by the ticket is completed within the next 2 hours, the ticket will expire and it is invalid.
MTR Corporation answers questions: Is it illegal to walk around a Light Rail station without tapping the card?
The reporter made inquiries to the MTR Corporation about the relevant situation and received a response.
▼MTRC’s latest response▼
Source of information and pictures:Facebook @真.Tuenmun友、MTR official website、Hong Kong Laws Official Website
2024-10-14 12:30:00
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