ticket collectors

Transit staff members

Ticket collectors are workers who check and collect tickets from passengers on trains, buses, or at venue entrances.

The role verifies that travelers or attendees have paid for admission.

In transit systems, ticket collectors historically walked through cars punching tickets; automated systems have largely replaced them.

The ticket collector made his way down the aisle.

Related

transit worker · admission fee · box office · stub · inspector · validation · attendant · booth · conductor · scanner · revenue · check · concert hall · barcode reader · ferry dock · train · opera house · movie theater

Opposites
role in transportation system

ticket collectorsdrivers

Vehicle operators or motivating forces

bus drivers · pilots · engineers · motormen · captains

transaction direction

ticket collectorscashiers

Workers processing purchases

ticket agents · box office staff · ticket machines

ENFORCEMENT vs. EVASION

ticket collectorsfare dodgers

Those avoiding transport payment

fare evaders · turnstile jumpers · free riders · stowaways · gate crashers

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G