Arthur Figgis wrote:

I've never been asked to touch in on the second bus when this has
happened (there was a lot of it round here recently). Someone is usually
give a huge ticket to take between vehicles. I would hope if inspectors
did get on, they would surely accept the previous bus stopping short as a
valid reason for only paying once.

Minor problems can occur when the next bus is a different number.

Wouldn't be an issue at all if bus to bus transfer was introduced, as it
would be sensible to do, at least on Oyster.

It is daft that when travelling by Tube the length of your journey
(approximated zonally) is the basis on which you pay, yet for buses you pay
*more* if there happens to be no direct bus than if there does.
Double-inconvenienced, you might say.

It's also daft that you pay more to use a bus on top of your Tube journey
as a double inconvenience that you can't get where you are going solely by
Tube.

Time for a true Verbundtarif (though probably retaining discounted bus only
rates for reasons of avoiding Tube overcrowding, and possibly social
inclusion). Boris, have you got the guts?

Neil
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Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK. Put first name before the at to reply.