Probably not, I have never had to pay or display I had a valid ticket to travel on a rail replacement bus in or out of London.GWR station staff at Slough are advising all passengers NOT to buy tickets as the bus to Hillingdon is free!! Is this something new?
The thing there is, a valid ticket to where? The route in question does not parallel the train service it replaces.I think this is incorrect - you must have a valid ticket to travel on a RBB. I have had my ticket checked before boarding a RBB before now.
The thing there is, a valid ticket to where? The route in question does not parallel the train service it replaces.
I guess they would. But if someone's journey is such that it doesn't make sense for them to go into Paddington ans back out again, for example, they may make their own travel arrangements such as booking a taxi to pick them up at Hillingdon. In that case, it hardly seems fair to charge someone for a ticket all the way to London. But no fare for the actual journey being made exists.I assume it would be things like Slough to Paddington tickets which will be accepted at Hillingdon for onwards travel on the Underground to central London.
I guess they would. But if someone's journey is such that it doesn't make sense for them to go into Paddington ans back out again, for example, they may make their own travel arrangements such as booking a taxi to pick them up at Hillingdon. In that case, it hardly seems fair to charge someone for a ticket all the way to London. But no fare for the actual journey being made exists.
This problem has cone up before e.g with Watford Junction to Stanmore bus replacement.
In addition, your train ticket will be valid for connections on the following Transport for London services:
Bakerloo Waterloo – Paddington
Central Ealing Broadway – Notting Hill Gate
District Notting Hill Gate – Paddington
Hammersmith & City/Circle Euston – Paddington – Hammersmith
Metropolitan Hillingdon – Baker Street
Ticket inspections for people using replacement bus services have always been pretty random over many years. I can't see that changing any time soon.
It is pretty clear that you are meant to have a ticket.
GWR station staff at Slough are advising all passengers NOT to buy tickets as the bus to Hillingdon is free!!
Ticket inspections to board replacement buses aren't unknown either. I had my ticket checked every time I boarded a rail replacement bus at Blackpool North.
In the other direction, the obvious problem is that people travel to Hillingdon on their Oyster card - the people in front of me did anyway - technically the obvious ticket would be one from West Drayton to Slough but there isn't an easy way of buying that.
The situation with 'free' replacement buses and loss of fare income in the Oyster area is dire, especially in the light of TfL's budgetary constraints. I simply don't get why it isn't possible to have a hand held or portable reader at the stops for replacement buses and people can touch on and off as they board the buses.
Never happened to me.Ticket inspections to board replacement buses aren't unknown either. I had my ticket checked every time I boarded a rail replacement bus at Blackpool North.
In general I would certainly agree.It is pretty clear that you are meant to have a ticket.
Considering an awful lot of people get hacked off with RRB`s I`m not sure that would be a good move, especially for the punters that have to endure it. More negative publicity about the railways would no doubt ensue. Most of the times I have been on RRB`s I have had tickets checked however.A revenue team could make a fortune in penalty fares if that position were to change. It is pretty clear that you are meant to have a ticket.
However, the negative publicity might be counter productive.
This bus service was every 15 minutes as far as Hayes & Harlington however there was also ticket acceptance all day on routes 105, 140, 207, 427 and 607 via any reasonable route.There was 33 left behinds on the 30th december 2139 rail replacement bus at Ealing Broadway this is ridiculously poor service from gwr/Tfl Rail especially as the bus was running with a frequency of one every 30 minutes.
At 2139 it was every 30 minutes. The buses listed above do not go to Slough. In anycase rrbs running on a 30 minute frequency shouldn't be leaving people behind due to crowding. Rrbs should be at a frequency that matches or exceeds demand for the service.This bus service was every 15 minutes as far as Hayes & Harlington however there was also ticket acceptance all day on routes 105, 140, 207, 427 and 607 via any reasonable route.
At 2139 it was every 30 minutes. The buses listed above do not go to Slough. In anycase rrbs running on a 30 minute frequency shouldn't be leaving people behind due to crowding. Rrbs should be at a frequency that matches or exceeds demand for the service.
There was 33 left behinds on the 30th december 2139 rail replacement bus at Ealing Broadway this is ridiculously poor service from gwr/Tfl Rail especially as the bus was running with a frequency of one every 30 minutes.
What about someone travelling between Paddington and west Drayton on oyster the fare between Paddington and Ealing Broadway was £3.10 and the fare between Paddington and Ealing Broadway is £3.10 loads of passengers did have their tickets to hand. And some had tickets with Heathrow as a destination.Definitely a situation where people boarding should have been asked to show tickets then. In which case those who had paid would have been on their way on time and those left behind would have no one to blame but themselves.
The signage was gwr but people's contractual relationship when they purchased a ticket to these destinations rests with both GWR and TfLWho organised the RRP ?
The signage was gwr but people's contractual relationship when they purchased a ticket to these destinations rests with both GWR and TfL
The controller for the buses was stagecoach but they had been sourced from. All over the place looking at themI was just wondering who was responsible for contracting the number of buses available. There are some organisers - and the others.......