Buying the machine is worthless. You then have to send it into Ticketer for them to reprogramme the machine for your organisatin, Also that is the old style machine which doesn't take contactless so your potential reach is very, very small. And you need power for it.
Very unlikely. First do similar at the Park & Ride at busy times
We (York) staff our P&R’s every day they operate, not just at busy times
I don’t think they go down the queue issuing tickets all year round though. I’ve certainly paid the driver on the bus before.
Some of them do, some of them don’t. All supposed to…
Stagecoach Cumbria certainty used to do this in summer not that long ago. Someone would be stood at main stops like Windermere station, selling tickets at the height of summer
Never seen them when I've been at Windermere in August 2021 and 2022.
I read - round about the time the contract passed to Transdev - that the airport would not allow double-deckers on site, and that this had been the case when Yorkshire Tiger won the contract . . . no explanation was given, just that the airport authorities had prohibited double-deckers.
There's invariably, Monday-Friday office hours anyway, a customer adviser by the Transdev 7/36/Coastliner stands in Leeds bus station - he has one of those airline in-flight trolleys - offering advice, controlling boarding, and selling tickets.
VDUs?
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The customer advisor pictured on the adverts is the only one I've ever seen. She was at the University of Leeds freshers fair when they park up a Streetdeck on the plaza outside the student union and hand out voucher codes for free tickets, LeedsCity tote bags, etc. Not seen her anywhere else.
Those people were agency staff hired in for freshers fairs only, not permanent FirstBus employees - same people worked York freshers (along with myself) and were doing Leeds the week after. Their only job was handing codes & freebies out/getting people signed up to mailing lists (if it’s who I think it is)
I haven't been to Lakes in the summer for quite a few years so we're probably talking eight years ago. Saw them do it at Keswick as well.
Unlikely, given that this lady worse an advisor's uniform and appears on the onboard screens. She was supervising the agency staff. Just seems to be the one for the whole city though!
Didn't see them at Keswick in August 2023 either.
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Well perhaps they don't do it any more, or maybe they didn't do it the days you were there. I did say they used to do it after all.
Because you can employ two or three people at the main stops, or you can put a conductor on every bus.... do the maths
Or promote using the Transdev app and for people who can't use the app or when the app isn't working can then buy a ticket from the driver.Because you can employ two or three people at the main stops, or you can put a conductor on every bus.... do the maths
There is a reason why we don't have conductors. Take the 840/843 between Leeds and Seacroft. Even jumping back and forth, you'd need two staff. Alternatively, you can have one at Leeds bus station.
They had them on the Tayway but they got axed with Covid. One example (arguably a historic quirk) across the whole UK indicates that the investment in additional staff isn't backed up big enough savings on PVR.
I suspect it is an ingrained 'thing' in our psyche/culture for a number of reasons, inter alia -
