London Banter - View Single Post - TfL To Remove Roadside Ticket Machines For Buses

[email protected] · September 16th 12, 11:40 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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, (Neil Williams) wrote:

Ken Wheatley wrote:

I remember when many London buses had a ticket machine inside the
right-hand leaf of the entrance door, so those with the right money
could bypass the queue for the driver. The really slow ones were the
worst at having a go at 'queue jumpers".

It would to me make sense to have an Oyster pad there. Hamburg is
slightly similar - driver side leaf for paying cash, other side for
getting past while people pay cash (you don't have to show your ticket).
It is extremely efficient, and as London has disabled access at the rear
door centre rail could be reinstated to help "marshall" it.

That last suggestion is stunningly unhelpful for disabled users and parents
with babies in buggies who need to buy tickets!

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Colin Rosenstiel