I was wondering if anyone knows what the official (or unofficial)
position is on breaking a bus journey?
I quite often get on a 38 at the start of it's route, jump off in
islington to go to the bank (5-10 minutes, I usually get the next 38)
and continue my journey to wherever, usually picadilly. ought I be
paying twice?

Mark.

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:25:11 +0100, MarkVarley - MVP
softhome.net> wrote:

Yes you should pay twice if using cash or PAYG. There are no "break of
journey" facilities for London's buses nor are there are through single
tickets valid bus to bus. Obviously you aren't really paying twice if
using a Travelcard and if on PAYG you are simply contributing to meeting
the daily cap so perhaps not a great hardship.

On 23 Apr, 17:25, MarkVarley - MVP softhome.net>
wrote:

Yes, and the following are the legal ways of boarding a bus:
1) Board at the front with a saver, driver takes half the saver
2) Board at the front and touch your oyster in, money is deducted
(unless it's a travelcard/capped etc)
3) Board a murderbus at the back and touch your oyster in, money is
deducted
4) Board at the front and show a paper travelcard
5) Board at the back with a valid paper or oyster travelcard and dont
touch in.
6) Outside central london you can board at the front and pay cash

"Paul Weaver" isorox.co.uk> wrote in message
news:f711931f-16f0-4b9b-b7fb-f01ef9687fcb@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com...

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:16:10 -0700 (PDT), Paul Weaver wrote:

From YOUR guide to fares and tickets:

Cash fares are not accepted on buses in the Pay Before You Board area in
central London, on bendy buses or on route W7.

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:09:21 +0100, "Peter Smyth"
THISukf.net> wrote this gibberish:

On Apr 23, 8:15 pm, MarkVarley - MVP softhome.net>
wrote:

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:34:14 -0700 (PDT), MIG
doreenbird.co.uk> wrote this gibberish:

...

On 23 Apr, 20:34, MIG doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:

Maybe they could have a scheme so that if you make, say, three and a
bit journeys in one day, the rest are free?

U

On Apr 23, 8:54 pm, Mr Thant googlemail.com>
wrote:

That's a bit different, because it's bulk-buying. It doesn't really
address the issue of charging people double if they go to a shop (etc)
during a bus journey but not during a car journey (I doubt if a taxi
driver would try on such a thing if you stopped on the way).

In general, I think it makes sense to look at the perceived advantages
of private car travel and consider whether the obstacles to providing
equivalent facilities in public transport really are insurmountable,
or are simply allowed to remain, just because that's the way it's
always been.

Some reasons people give for travelling by car are