What happens to old CIE tickets?

irlirishkev · 07-10-2004 02:29PM #1

Hey,

You know how in some train stations, at the turnstiles, there's a cardboard box into which you can drop your used train tickets?

Well, I was wondering what happens to them. Do they get binned? Recycled? Are they there just so CIE don't get fined for littering?

I ask this because: Like a lot of people I'm sure, I like to use ripped up train tickets as 'filters' for 'cigarettes'. So occasionally I pick up a few from the box as I wander through the turnstile.
The other day, Mr. CIE ran out from his office shouting 'Oi, here! You, they're not free PAL!!!!", and proceeded to wrench them out of my hand.

So, ignoring the fact that he was a rude boll*x, it got me wondering why he wanted them so bad... Anyone have any ideas?? (Oh and for the record, I do not look like the kind of person who would blatently try to rip off CIE by using old tickets).

Cheers,

Kev.

enterprise · 07-10-2004 02:33PM

The tickets remain the property of Iarnrod Eireann (Note: Not CIE) at all times.

irlirishkev · 07-10-2004 02:38PM

Doesn't say anything about that on the majority of them though.. You know the blue and white ones, Adult Single, Adult Return etc... , just a blurb about being subject to the bylaws and blah blah blah...

enterprise · 07-10-2004 02:41PM

Its in the bye-laws.

John R · 07-10-2004 02:41PM

Why would CIE be fined for other people littering?

He was a rude boll*x for telling you not to do something you shouldn't be doing and recovering property from you that wasn't yours?

You can't tell by looking at someone if they are likely to try a scam.

John R · 07-10-2004 02:42PM

irlirishkev wrote:

Doesn't say anything about that on the majority of them though.. You know the blue and white ones, Adult Single, Adult Return etc... , just a blurb about being subject to the bylaws and blah blah blah...

And what do the by-laws say?

Chalk · 07-10-2004 02:47PM

by any chance was it clontarf road station?

irlirishkev · 07-10-2004 02:56PM

John R wrote:

And what do the by-laws say?

Dunno.. haven't been able to find them on the website.

K.

What happens to old CIE tickets?

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