MSE News: London buses may stop taking cash next year

Former_MSE_Darryl

"Transport for London is asking passengers if cash fares should be abolished on its buses from next year..."

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London buses may stop taking cash next year



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HPoirot

Thought they already had stopped to be honest...

LimeLight

In Edinburgh you have to buy your ticket from the machine before boarding.

zerog

Cash needs to be accepted on night buses and in the rural bits of London.

The problem is giving change.

Just put a big sign on all buses saying that drivers are not obliged to give change.

If you only have a £20 note and nobody else has paid with cash, then your fare should be £20. If the driver has change then he can give it if he wants.

Round fares up to the nearest pound to reduce the number of small coins being used.

pmduk

Anybody holding their breath in Manchester, is likely to expire before the "Get Me There" card is introduced. Remember this is the transport authority which in 2002 promised us that real time info for buses was just a few months away, 2013 the information still isn't available with no date for implementation.

Back to London, cashless buses would work, but perhaps they should sell individual tickets in newsagents and the like, perhaps even a carnet system similar to most towns in France? Not everybody needs a travelcard for a whole day's travel.

Kite2010

In Reading the buses take cash, but you have to pay the exact fare as no change is given

yorkie2

pmduk wrote: »

Back to London, cashless buses would work, but perhaps they should sell individual tickets in newsagents and the like, perhaps even a carnet system similar to most towns in France? Not everybody needs a travelcard for a whole day's travel.

Surely using an Oyster card or contactless bank card is adequate for that purpose?

TfL are not going to bother with paper carnets.

Pincher

They can sell pre-charged Oyster cards for £10 and £20 on the buses, so they don't have to give small change.

TfL needs to provide refund facilities (machines or windows) at major rail stations and airports.

wealdroam

Anyone who wants to express their views on this proposal can take part in TFL's survey if they wish:

https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/buses/cashless

cosmojohnson

pmduk wrote: »

Back to London, cashless buses would work, but perhaps they should sell individual tickets in newsagents and the like, perhaps even a carnet system similar to most towns in France? Not everybody needs a travelcard for a whole day's travel.

It used to be possible to buy booklets of "saver tickets" for bus journeys from newsagents etc., but as I recall there was a big problem with forgeries.

JezR

Yes in 2007 around 10% of saver tickets were forgeries. They replaced them with a new design but later discontinued them altogether. They weren't that popular - only around 2% of journeys were paid with them