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fritolazee t1_iuasfsf wrote

If you were in center city you bought a round trip paper ticket from an office in the station before you got on the train. If you forgot to buy it, you could buy a fare from the conductor, who would magically know how much you had to pay.

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emlynhughes t1_iuasne8 wrote

That makes sense. The conductors are carry over from when they had a lot more to do.

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