delt1c
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When and where was the last conductor in the UK. Was it in London when the 159 was converted or were there others after that
Still present on Blackpool, Sheffield and West Midlands trams.
I assume we're excluding the 9 and 15 London Heritage operations for the purposes of this?
What about the First Group ftr routes? (E.g. York)
As is the heritage part of the London 9.FTR services are long gone.
Yes, the full monty. West Mids has offered contactless payment as well as cash for the best part of 18 months. In Sheffield this was being trialled last month, which is a bit of a puzzle, as I am fairly certain the Dundee conductors already do contactless (perhaps Jordan can advise - see, there was a reason for mentioning trams) so it sort of smacks of Stagecoach Supertram trying to reinvent the wheel. No idea about Blackpool, but a search on their website for "contactless" has yielded no results.On the tram networks are they acting as revenue protection , or actually collecting fares? A proper conductors job on buses is to collect all fares whilst checking tickets
Just thought I would draw everyone’s attention to this previous topic. Only additional one I spotted during a quick scan was the Luton Airport shuttle.
https://www.railforums.co.uk/thread...ies-that-are-conductor-driver-operated.78384/
Yes, the full monty. West Mids has offered contactless payment as well as cash for the best part of 18 months. In Sheffield this was being trialled last month, which is a bit of a puzzle, as I am fairly certain the Dundee conductors already do contactless (perhaps Jordan can advise - see, there was a reason for mentioning trams) so it sort of smacks of Stagecoach Supertram trying to reinvent the wheel. No idea about Blackpool, but a search on their website for "contactless" has yielded no results.
What's the reason for the conductors on Tayway that doesn't apply to every other busy bus route?
It speeds up journey times, i recall it was worked out if the "clippies" were removed it would add 6 extra buses to the PVR.
It speeds up journey times, i recall it was worked out if the "clippies" were removed it would add 6 extra buses to the PVR.
You have to wonder WHY Lothian has never tried to bring back Conductors on certain routes? like the 25, 26, 44s could do some wonder especially along Princes Street.
You have to wonder WHY Lothian has never tried to bring back Conductors on certain routes? like the 25, 26, 44s could do some wonder especially along Princes Street.
It speeds up journey times, i recall it was worked out if the "clippies" were removed it would add 6 extra buses to the PVR.
It's also (allegedly) more popular with passengers - always gets good feedback on surveys and listed as something that would get more people to use buses....
No idea about Blackpool, but a search on their website for "contactless" has yielded no results.
United still had a conductor on the PTE wage rate, he had refused to train as a driver, we were %100 OMO so they put him in the cash office at Gallowgate.
In the 1970s it was quite common for a handful of conductors to remain after a garage or operator had officially gone over to 100% OMO, most London Country garages could field a few. Presumably these were staff who were either unwilling or unable to retrain as drivers, and did not want to take voluntary redundancy.
Their official name, as per their contracts, was Customer Assistants. On the first route on which they appeared, the 38, I believe drivers acted as C.A.s before the recruitment process bagan.What about the 'conductors' (albeit non fare collecting) on borisbus services. They disappeared in 2016.
Other than that it'd have been the 2005 withdrawals surely?
I'm not sure what year that was, but York had them between around 2006-2012 on the number 4 "ftr" route. They then went to Leeds.When and where was the last conductor in the UK. Was it in London when the 159 was converted or were there others after that
wouldn't include the London heritage service as drivers act as conductors. On the tram networks are they acting as revenue protection , or actually collecting fares? A proper conductors job on buses is to collect all fares whilst checking tickets