A WA parliamentary question on notice from 2001 regarding rail transport usage, assaults, fare evasion, and associated lost revenue in the Perth metropolitan area. The answer provides data on assaults and fare evasion but states that lost revenue cannot be accurately estimated.

AnsweredQoN 1089Legislative Assembly
Asked
16 October 2001
Portfolio
Planning and Infrastructure

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(1) How many people use rail transport each day in the metropolitan area?
(2) How many incidents of assault on the rail transport system were reported over the following years -
(a) 1997/98;
(b) 1998/99;
(c) 1999/00; and
(d) 2000/01?
(3) How many fare evaders were apprehended on the rail transport system over the following years -
(a) 1997/98;
(b) 1998/99;
(c) 1999/00; and
(d) 2000/01?
(4) How much potentially lost revenue did the total number of apprehended fare evasions on the rail transport system represent over the following years -
(a) 1997/98;
(b) 1998/99;
(c) 1999/00; and
(d) 2000/01?

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Answered
13 December 2001
Responded by
Minister for Planning and Infrastructure
Response time
58 days
(b) 1998/99; (c) 1999/00; and (d) 2000/01?
(c) 1999/00; and (d) 2000/01?
(d) 2000/01?
(b) 1998/99; (c) 1999/00; and (d) 2000/01?
(c) 1999/00; and (d) 2000/01?
(d) 2000/01?
(b) 1998/99; (c) 1999/00; and (d) 2000/01?
(c) 1999/00; and (d) 2000/01?
(d) 2000/01?
2) a) 291 b) 221 c) 292 d) 197 3) a) 47,215 b) 58,191 c) 56,858 d) 81,060 4) It is not possible to give an acurate estimate of lost revenue as it is not possible to determine in each case where apprehended fare evaders boarded the train or where they intended to alight from the train.
3) a) 47,215 b) 58,191 c) 56,858 d) 81,060 4) It is not possible to give an acurate estimate of lost revenue as it is not possible to determine in each case where apprehended fare evaders boarded the train or where they intended to alight from the train.
4) It is not possible to give an acurate estimate of lost revenue as it is not possible to determine in each case where apprehended fare evaders boarded the train or where they intended to alight from the train.

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