On 18/03/2012 12:59, Mizter T wrote:

On Mar 17, 8:18 pm, Arthur wrote:

On 17/03/2012 12:14, Mizter T wrote:
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Outside London, buses generally only have one door, by the driver.
Bendy-buses aren't very common.

It's also very rare for someone to try and board the rear (exit) door
of a London bus - perhaps surprisingly so, if one actually thinks
about it,

And when they do, they tend to be foreigners.

Yep.


but it's just not the done thing - I think Neil Williams
described it as an 'invisible force field'.

Perhaps large numbers of potential fare dodgers get free travel anyway?

Those under 16 who have an Oyster photocard, those 16-18 year old
London residents in full time education, those who qualify for the
Freedom Pass (meet the age criteria, or have an eligible disability),
and war veterans via the VCTS get free bus travel.

Those on benefits don't, if that was perhaps what you were getting at?

Nope, just thinking of yoofs and coffin-dodgers.

There are two schemes - the Bus& Tram Discount card (a London
initiative), which provides for half-price bus fares, and the national
Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount card (successor to the New Deal card),
which procides for half-rate or child-rate fares. The basic idea is
that these are aimed at people seeking work, or in work but with a low
income.

Someone once asked me about (non-resident) child fares on the trams, so
next time I passed I had a look at the signs and found I couldn't figure
it out myself.

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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK