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Foreign News
May 9, 1923
The Lamar Register
Lamar, Prowers County, Colorado
What is this article about?
Baden Railroad introduces a self-calculation system for ticket fares using a posted rate table to prevent overcharge complaints and update delays, shifting computation to passengers.
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FIGURE THEIR OWN FARES
Baden Railroad Adopts Unique System to Avoid Complaints Made by Passengers.
Late arrivals at the ticket windows of railway stations in Baden hereafter will ask the clerks at the windows in vain the price of the tickets they buy. writes a Berlin correspondent of the New York Herald Instead, they will retire to the other side of the room. where a large and complicated table of rates is posted. There, with pencil and paper, they will multiply the rate they finally pick out from the mass of figures by the number of kilometers appearing upon the ticket they have been given and pay accordingly at the window The railway officials announce that when the price of a ticket is printed it becomes obsolete within a few days and passengers complain that they are being overcharged and hold up traffic. On the other hand, they add, the employees at the ticket windows cannot be expected to keep up to date with the prices of tickets to every place along the line, so it is up to the passengers to do the figuring for themselves.
Baden Railroad Adopts Unique System to Avoid Complaints Made by Passengers.
Late arrivals at the ticket windows of railway stations in Baden hereafter will ask the clerks at the windows in vain the price of the tickets they buy. writes a Berlin correspondent of the New York Herald Instead, they will retire to the other side of the room. where a large and complicated table of rates is posted. There, with pencil and paper, they will multiply the rate they finally pick out from the mass of figures by the number of kilometers appearing upon the ticket they have been given and pay accordingly at the window The railway officials announce that when the price of a ticket is printed it becomes obsolete within a few days and passengers complain that they are being overcharged and hold up traffic. On the other hand, they add, the employees at the ticket windows cannot be expected to keep up to date with the prices of tickets to every place along the line, so it is up to the passengers to do the figuring for themselves.
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic
What keywords are associated?
Baden Railroad
Ticket Fares
Self Calculation
Passenger Complaints
Rate Table
Where did it happen?
Baden
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Baden
Outcome
adoption of self-calculation system for fares to avoid complaints and traffic delays from outdated prices.
Event Details
Baden Railroad requires passengers to calculate their own ticket fares using a posted table of rates, multiplying rate by kilometers, due to frequent price changes and employee limitations.