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Kirk Northrop wrote:

On Feb 17, 2008, Ken Ward wrote:
Here in Bolton the First Manchester bus drivers now issue a ticket to
each Pass Holder as they get on, this practice has been in use for about
12 months only. I presume as a check against subsidy received.

On Stagecoach Manchester they issue a ticket and throw it on the floor,
meaning there is usually a pile of tickets littering the entrance way of
the bus.

That procedure has been in place since the free pass started.


They don't need the physical ticket because the machine retains the record of
it being issued. Throwing it on the floor is unnecessary, there are,
presumably, litter bins on the bus.

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