London tube Ticket (OT)

Quite so. There was quite a lot of fraud under the manual system, In Manchester area they did charge per actual journey and it was observed that drivers would issue a ticket to the end of the route rather than the actual journey. Also in our area one company's drivers were on occasions observed printing out several phoney free tickets - and then throwing them in the bin.

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bert
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The "blue bus" Southampton to Portsmouth route.

This was meant to be a "local" service for the communities on route to get to one town centre or the other. Not a through bus from city to city as it takes three times longer then the train.

But as soon as all the twirlies started to get on at one city centre to go to the other one, because it was free, the bus was full on departure and couldn't provide the service to the communities that it was designed to serve.

So they withdrew it

tim

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tim.....

If that had been the company I work for, we'd have put an extra bus on; probably as a limited stop duplicate from Southampton to Portsmouth, with a couple of stops in between. I suspect politics or sour grapes.

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John Williamson

Quite. 'Why should we improve services if they're being used by those who don't pay'

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Dave Plowman (News)

While customers with old fogey's bus pass cards don't pay personally, their journeys are paid for. It should be all the same to the bus operator.

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Apellation Controlee

Yes, the ticket is issued for the destination you ask for and the value on the ticket shows as zero.

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Apellation Controlee

Almost, although the payment per passholder is less than the payment for a normal adult fare. It's not too far off what a season ticket holder would pay, which is why we would put on the extra bus. The local taxpayers, on the other hand, would see the pensioners getting a free ride at their expense. Then they have a word with their councillor, who would have words.... And so on.

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John Williamson

That's not what happens here. Then again, there are only three fares here. £1.40 for a short hop of less than a mile. £2.00 for anything else inside the urban area, and £3.50 if you so much as see a field. London's even simpler, of course, it's a fixed cost per bus ride.

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John Williamson

So, back to Daily Mail territory.

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Apellation Controlee

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