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Re: Changeless bus passenger denied boarding     

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Author: Tom Anderson
Date: Sep 18, 2008 16:20

... to get home after a night out, where generally, i'm in the middle of town where there are lots of tube stations. I would imagine this pattern accounts for the majority of post-closing-time bus use, although of course not all. I'm stumped as to how you could deal with the problem in the situation you describe, though. Night buses don't take cash, so no solution involving a...
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Author: Matthew Dickinson
Date: Sep 18, 2008 08:20

... trying to get home after a night out, where generally, i'm in the middle of town where there are lots of tube stations. I would imagine this pattern accounts for the majority of post-closing-time bus use, although of course not all. I'm stumped as to how you could deal with the problem in the situation you describe, though. Night buses don't take cash, so no solution involving a...
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Author: Tom Anderson
Date: Sep 18, 2008 06:46

... accounts for the majority of post-closing-time bus use, although of course not all. I'm.... You couldn't put those at every bus stop, or even as many bus stops as have ticket-for-coin machines, as they'd be too expensive ...probably put them at railway stations and key bus nodes (places like Clapton Pond, say). Would...the code into a special gizmo on the bus, checks to see if it flashes a ...
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Author: David Cantrell
Date: Sep 17, 2008 04:06

.... besides which , its bloody annoying for the other passengers waiting trying to board if the driver has to root around for loads of ... twenty. That cuppa costs less than a bus ticket. What's the problem? Now, if the bus ticket cost something like 63p, or GBP1.63 then I...coins of different denominations. But he doesn't. Bus tickets are an integer number of pounds. ...
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Author: David Cantrell
Date: Sep 17, 2008 03:58

... they're going to catch a bus later wouldn't make sure they... that they're going to catch a bus later? and the bus driver has no change he should have the option to ... note would pay for. The passenger can then either hand over ... the option to give the passenger a receipt for the whole ... get his change on another bus, or at a "ticket stop", ...
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Author: Neil Williams
Date: Sep 16, 2008 11:55

... retailers the ability to refuse payment if offered in too high a denomination? A retailer can refuse to accept any form of payment, as a debt doesn't normally exist to pay off. As can a bus driver. The difference is that the former are in my experience a lot more reasonable over changing notes than the latter. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply.
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Author: Neil Williams
Date: Sep 16, 2008 11:53

...how many people knowing they're going to catch a bus later wouldn't make sure they had some pound coins on them?) and the bus driver has no change he should have the option ...however many journeys the note would pay for. The passenger can then either hand over the whole note or ... make sense. Or allow Oyster top-up on bus. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the ...
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Author: Neil Williams
Date: Sep 16, 2008 11:53

... for 20 quid is perhaps optimistic. besides which , its bloody annoying for the other passengers waiting trying to board if the driver has to root around for loads of shrapnel because some wally wants ... bar costs less than a third of the price of a London cash bus fare. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply....
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Author: MIG
Date: Sep 16, 2008 10:02

... at London Bridge/Monument. A passenger boarded and tried to pay ... made to get off the bus. I was horrified and complained,... is not "Pay before you board". It seems the operator should ... if it exists? Perhaps the bus company should give the drivers ... a laundrette I agree that passengers should try to have the ...only if a one day bus pass is bought so the...
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Author: Michael R N Dolbear
Date: Sep 16, 2008 09:23

...Lewisham at London Bridge/Monument. A passenger boarded and tried to pay with... made to get off the bus. I was horrified and complained, ... is not "Pay before you board". It seems the operator should ... if it exists? Perhaps the bus company should give the drivers ... a laundrette I agree that passengers should try to have the ... only if a one day bus pass is bought so the ...
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