"Neil Williams" wrote in message
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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 12:43:54 +0100, Annabel Smyth
wrote:

I mourn the demise of the conductor

I don't. Having a conductor means they have to move around the bus,
and that means crush-loading isn't possible, and you can't stand just
because you want to because you're only going two stops.

Off-bus ticketing is the answer, though those TfL machines are of a
very poor design; counterintuitive and unreliable. Oyster will
certainly help matters, though it'd be good to push the Saver 6 a bit
harder as well.



And those TFL machines don't accept notes

Chris wrote:

And those TFL machines don't accept notes

Nor do bus drivers!

Don't they? Never had a problem paying with a £5 or £10


"Stuart" wrote in message
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Chris wrote:

And those TFL machines don't accept notes

Nor do bus drivers!

Chris wrote:
Don't they? Never had a problem paying with a £5 or £10

Are you serious? Where?

I've never known a bus driver to be happy with a note, the time I've
spent in the past popping into newsagents to get coinage

"Stuart" wrote in message
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Chris wrote:
Don't they? Never had a problem paying with a £5 or £10

Are you serious? Where?

At Hammersmith bus station at around 3.30am on the N10.

At Trafalgar square waiting for the N52 (before the machines came in)

They're the only times I have tried and both were a success



I've never known a bus driver to be happy with a note, the time I've
spent in the past popping into newsagents to get coinage