Passenger fined HK$66 for staying over 2.5 hours in MTR station paid area

[nivek2046]

According to the MTR By-laws, all journeys must be completed by leaving the paid area through the exit gate within 150 minutes of passing through the entry gate.

https://www.thestandard.com.hk/break...s/fc/4/221922/

[Hkemail888]

The most interesting part of the story is that 66 is the stock code of MTR

[flameproof]

Is that a fine or simply a fee? I recall that you can stay only a certain time inside the MTR system.

I guess this is to avoid that some companies build a delivery system in the MTR network.

[paddylast]

Seems fair to me in order to avoid a lot of unwanted behaviour. The time given is probably already too much because you do see people abusing it.

[Zelensky2]

Seems fair to me in order to avoid a lot of unwanted behaviour. The time given is probably already too much because you do see people abusing it.

MTR corp is already plenty profitable enough, if they end up subsiding poor people who need to save $5 by hanging around in the MTR for ages to collect a product, then is it really a problem?

Companies don't exist only to make profit despite what they might secretly discuss in their board meetings, they are licensed enterprises that provide services essential to the running of society.

[flameproof]

Another benefit, maybe the most obvious one, I forgot: Free aircon!

[aw451]

MTR corp is already plenty profitable enough, if they end up subsiding poor people who need to save $5 by hanging around in the MTR for ages to collect a product, then is it really a problem?

Companies don't exist only to make profit despite what they might secretly discuss in their board meetings, they are licensed enterprises that provide services essential to the running of society.

If they don't have a limit even more people will treat the MTR as a logistics network and stay in the paid area all day passing things over the barriers. They are probably already losing significant revenue with people travelling, picking stuff up over the fence, then returning home only incurring the minimum fare. It's overcrowded enough, we don't need freeloaders.

[Zelensky2]

If they don't have a limit even more people will treat the MTR as a logistics network and stay in the paid area all day passing things over the barriers. They are probably already losing significant revenue with people travelling, picking stuff up over the fence, then returning home only incurring the minimum fare. It's overcrowded enough, we don't need freeloaders.

NHS: It's overcrowded enough, we don't need free loaders.

The irony being that a relatively large proportion of the NHS resources are consumed by 'free loaders' which adds significantly to the NHS' variable costs; where as a miniscule proportion of the MTR's traffic are staying inside the barriers for the equivalent of multiple journey's and adding likely zero (That's a mister donut to you) to MTR variable costs.

[aw451]

NHS: It's overcrowded enough, we don't need free loaders.

The irony being that a relatively large proportion of the NHS resources are consumed by 'free loaders' which adds significantly to the NHS' variable costs; where as a miniscule proportion of the MTR's traffic are staying inside the barriers for the equivalent of multiple journey's and adding likely zero (That's a mister donut to you) to MTR variable costs.

A train weighs a lot more than a person. If everyone rode for free it would have a miniscule affect on variable costs but it's an opportunity cost.

[UK/HKboy]

I think there should be a time limit but 90 minutes is a bit short. We've all been absent minded and missed our stops, or browsed some shops in the MTR, or got lost walking around in TST looking for the right exits.

I'm sure some of the longest routes are already 80 minutes e.g. Tuen Mun to Lohas Park. Then that person won't have time for a toilet break or to get lost.