The Railways And Tramways Of Hong Kong

Author : Lai-Chu Flora Leung
Publisher : Open Dissertation Press
ISBN 13 : 9781361404560
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book A Study of Fare Evasion in Railway Systems in Hong Kong written by Lai-Chu Flora Leung and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "A Study of Fare Evasion in Railway Systems in Hong Kong" by Lai-chu, Flora, Leung, 梁麗珠, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract of dissertation entitled A Study of Fare Evasion in Railway Systems in Hong Kong Submitted by Leung Lai Chu Flora for the degree of Master of Transport Policy and Planning at The University of Hong Kong In June 2003 Fare evasion exists in all railway systems. No new technology, of whatever degree of perfection, can fully eliminate fare evasion. Controls must therefore be in place to protect fare revenues. The level of controls and committed resources depend on the assumed level of fare evasion, the railway company's views and the government's attitude towards fare evasion whether in a lenient or stringent approach. Hong Kong railway systems are no exception, have established manpower and control systems to combat fare evasion since the inception of services. The scope of the study is limited to Mass Transit Railway (MTR), Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation - East Rail (KCR-ER) and Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation - Light Rail (KCR-LR). The Hong Kong Tramway is excluded because its fare collection system is similar to that of the bus companies which is driver manned. This dissertation studies fare evasion in Hong Kong railway systems and the seriousness thereof from the point of view of the companies (via interviews) and the passengers (via survey). The first part gives a general background and overview of the three railway systems including the fare collection mechanisms, system characteristics and unique features. All these are useful for the study and analysis in the later parts. The second part studies details of their by-laws and conferred powers, the definitions and terminologies in their own terms, the strength of their control units, past records and trends in combating fare evasions. The third part summarises the different types of fare evasion methods, what are the problem areas and the three railways' specific strategies to overcome these. A table-top cost & benefit analysis is conducted. Since the three railways are using different methods and criteria to determine their detectable fare evasion rate, it is not possible to standardize the terms to work out directly comparable cost & benefit analyses for them. The derived percentages on the cost of the control systems and revenue lost relative to the systems' revenues gave some indications as to the break-even point. The fourth part summarizes the survey results and compares passengers' views on the seriousness of fare evasion with that of the three railways. This survey also collected passengers' views on the likely causes of fare evasion and their recommended measures to further strengthen the deterrence. DOI: 10.5353/th_b2677126 Subjects: Subways - Fare evasion - China - Hong Kong Railroads - Fares - China - Hong Kong