"Ken Ward" writes:

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 Newbury Buses the driver presses a button on the ticket machine for
each passholder, season ticket holder etc, but it does not actually
issue a ticket.

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:03:06 +0000, Graham Murray
wrote:

On Newbury Buses the driver presses a button on the ticket machine for
each passholder, season ticket holder etc, but it does not actually
issue a ticket.

I thought there was a requirement for a ticket to be issued under the
new rules. A possible reason for this might be to avoid drivers
sitting there prodding the pass button continuously in order to gain
the company more subsidy than is due.

Neil

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On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:21:15 GMT, Neil Williams wrote:

On Newbury Buses the driver presses a button on the ticket machine for
each passholder, season ticket holder etc, but it does not actually
issue a ticket.

I thought there was a requirement for a ticket to be issued under the
new rules. A possible reason for this might be to avoid drivers
sitting there prodding the pass button continuously in order to gain
the company more subsidy than is due.

On the assumption that they're too lazy to do so if it also means
having to throw away some tickets?

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:43:02 +0000, asdf
wrote:

On the assumption that they're too lazy to do so if it also means
having to throw away some tickets?

Or that it might be obvious what they're doing (or that they're up to
no good) and people might report it?

Neil

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