wrote:


Conductor 119466 on the 15H made no use of his ticket machine on Monday
from Tower Hill c1830 to Charing Cross. Oyster Cards were merely looked
at, so no idea if these were valid and no stored value debited. On the
plus side at least 8 people boarded between stops showing what are/were
truly the most accessible buses in London.

Possible flat battery on the machine? I've seen that before. Inexcusable if
it was not charged properly before use, but sometimes electrical faults
cause the batteries to drain rapidly with little warning.

Chris