On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:27:40 +0000, Joyce Whitchurch
wrote:

Rob Hamadi wrote:

AIUI, RP collect the tickets from the driver first, then match them up
with the stubs retained by the pax.

Correct. I wondered about this too, until the day the inspectors boarded
my bus. They simply ask the driver if they've taken any Saver tickets on
that journey - usually there aren't many, if any. Then they go through
the bus with that ticket in their sticky mitt, looking for the relevant
stub. "Oh, it's you, is it, we wondered who had the Saver ticket."

And the Oyster cards of course are read by some clever kind of hand held
card reading device.

I travelled on the RV1 on Saturday from London Bridge to Aldwych. The
bus was very busy and it was mildly amusing to watch people variously
touch their saver ticket on the Oyster pad, not know to tear their Saver
ticket in half along the perforation, show their Oyster card to the
driver but upside down and touch a One Day Travelcard on the Oyster pad.
I think all of the "victims" were tourists but it made me consider just
how confusing our various ticketing options are to them.

--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!