by MACTRAXX
MBM: Interesting trip report - in this instance you used a SEPTA RRD Quick Trip Ticket...
Which RRD Station did you travel to? These QT tickets have a magnetic stripe on the back...
Turnstiles at 30th Street have swipe readers on top - entry is similar to using a NYCT MetroCard...
SEPTA RRD Quick Trip Tickets are only valid from the originating station on the day of purchase...
As example a Quick Trip purchased from a clerk at 30th Street would read:
"Valid Thursday January 25, 2024; Origin: 30th Street Sales Office"
The destination zone, price paid and time of purchase are also listed on the QT Ticket...
On board the RRD train leaving Center City these tickets are punched and collected as legacy tickets were...
On return had you been charged a fare you would have been issued a green paper Regional Rail Quick Trip
ticket as a receipt for your on-board cash fare that again has a magnetic strip on the back that would have
been valid to exit through the 30th Street Station turnstiles swipe readers...In the instance that fares are not
collected on board an Quick Trip EXIT Ticket would have been needed to be purchased from one of the TVMs
(SEPTA titles their TVMs "Fare Kiosks") inside the "paid" area - I believe the weekday CCP Exit Fare is $6.75
($5.25 is the CCP Exit Fare after 7:00 PM weekdays and all day Saturday and Sunday) - again swipe to exit...
You certainly got lucky encountering the right Gate Attendant at 30th Street letting you out without much
question - that person could have just as easily required you to purchase a QT EXIT Ticket to leave the paid
area at 30th Street...This report is an example of the hassle that SEPTA Regional Rail cash fare riders now
have to deal with in the absence of a SEPTA Key Card - in this instance just for a simple one day round trip...
"Every Dime Every Time" is SEPTA' s mission from their bean counters no matter how hard it is to use the
transit system for discretional or occasional riders that have no other choice to pay their fares with cash...
MACTRAXX
Which RRD Station did you travel to? These QT tickets have a magnetic stripe on the back...
Turnstiles at 30th Street have swipe readers on top - entry is similar to using a NYCT MetroCard...
SEPTA RRD Quick Trip Tickets are only valid from the originating station on the day of purchase...
As example a Quick Trip purchased from a clerk at 30th Street would read:
"Valid Thursday January 25, 2024; Origin: 30th Street Sales Office"
The destination zone, price paid and time of purchase are also listed on the QT Ticket...
On board the RRD train leaving Center City these tickets are punched and collected as legacy tickets were...
On return had you been charged a fare you would have been issued a green paper Regional Rail Quick Trip
ticket as a receipt for your on-board cash fare that again has a magnetic strip on the back that would have
been valid to exit through the 30th Street Station turnstiles swipe readers...In the instance that fares are not
collected on board an Quick Trip EXIT Ticket would have been needed to be purchased from one of the TVMs
(SEPTA titles their TVMs "Fare Kiosks") inside the "paid" area - I believe the weekday CCP Exit Fare is $6.75
($5.25 is the CCP Exit Fare after 7:00 PM weekdays and all day Saturday and Sunday) - again swipe to exit...
You certainly got lucky encountering the right Gate Attendant at 30th Street letting you out without much
question - that person could have just as easily required you to purchase a QT EXIT Ticket to leave the paid
area at 30th Street...This report is an example of the hassle that SEPTA Regional Rail cash fare riders now
have to deal with in the absence of a SEPTA Key Card - in this instance just for a simple one day round trip...
"Every Dime Every Time" is SEPTA' s mission from their bean counters no matter how hard it is to use the
transit system for discretional or occasional riders that have no other choice to pay their fares with cash...
MACTRAXX
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