"Mark Hynes" wrote

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matter to some of them. It'd be nice if TfL could do something to
address the point. Could they instruct drivers to issue "bus transfer
tickets" where routes are curtailed? (Not something I've seen them do
routinely.)

I've long thought it unfair that buses don't have a transfer system by
default.
Oyster would have been the perfect opportunity to introduce it - a single
journey limited by time, just like the trams and tubes work. Someone might
need to take 2 or 3 buses to travel the distance someone else does on 1 bus,
and it's not their fault the routes don't favour them.

See previous discussions !

The Oyster capping deals with a lot of this and it was pointed out that
there are 1 per hour TfL buses so limited by time would allow many return
journeys free, plus the variable time due to traffic would vary the cost
too.

Compare the Out of Station Interchange cases where a return was partially
joined to the initial journey.



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Mike D