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[Kevo00]

There is a trade off - many of them in London have become 'ticket stops' and do Oyster charges. Which they probably get a small cut for, plus perhaps some impulse buys of other stuff.

[61653]

There is a trade off - many of them in London have become 'ticket stops' and do Oyster charges. Which they probably get a small cut for, plus perhaps some impulse buys of other stuff.

Indeed, when I lived in West Molesey (Outside zone 6 by about 3/4 of a mile, but covered by LT ticketing as far as the end of the route 411 from Kingston), and in cold weather, the local newsagent was a more appealing prospect than a 20-minute walk to Hampton Court.

[Dave]

Centro too are thinking about imposing Quality standards. Which would be far better than the current system of NXWM's monopoly over nearly everything, with a couple of "Man with a few buses he bought instead of cars company" running a 2-hourly service on an otherwise 10-minute frequency route. I suppose they get the concessionary fares back from the council and that's what keeps them going... - since the cost of a smallish bus is actually only in the region of about £5,000 for a 10 year old.

But on this side of the Midlands you have Hansons (fairly small) and Diamond (rather large!)

[Ameecher]

I hoard change just for the National Express buses in Dundee and the buses in Edinburgh, those tight companies don't do change, money down the chute, never see it again.