In message , at
22:02:29 on Mon, 26 Nov 2012, Arthur Figgis
remarked:

That's the difference in the countryside then, there aren't the regular
buses to accept those tickets, outside major metro areas.

For "countryside" read "outside London"...?

There are plenty of buses in several major cities outside London. You
could easily use stage buses from Nottingham to Beeston, for example, up
until mid evening, anyway.
--
Roland Perry