On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 18:58:08 GMT Neil Williams wrote:
} On 29 Jul 2003 16:25:53 GMT, (Mait001) wrote:
}
} The fact that you have prepaid your ticket does not give you some moral
} precedence over those of us who choose, for whatever reason, to buy an
} individual ticket. Moreover, queue-jumping is simply wrong, in ANY
} circumstances.
}
} The typical British bus queue is one of the things that slows down bus
} boarding in this country. In Europe, where "mob sport" prevails,
} loading times are much quicker.

Indeed. This year I've used quite a few buses in Italy where almost all
tickets are pre-paid. 3 door busses, validation machines onboard.
Stopping times rarely more than 30 seconds even when busy.

In Siena a ticket is eur 0.80 ( ukp 0.56 ) and valid for 60 minutes
after the time stamped by the validator which means you get anywhere in
the city or outlying villiages for that price. Naples is eur 1 ( ukp
0.70 ) but the ciry is much larger and the corresponding permitted time
90 minutes.

Matthew
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