| In
Central London Roadside Ticket Machines have been
installed at a large number of bus stops to enable
passengers to buy their tickets before boarding.
In this area the bus drivers cannot issue tickets
on-bus; passengers must "Pay before boarding".
A further large number of machines have been installed
on other feeder routes in the city. The
installation of Roadside Ticket Machines has run
alongside the introduction of the Bendy-Bus; new
vehicles designed to replace the ageing 'Routemaster'.
These new vehicles can carry up to 140 passengers.
To allow large numbers of people to board quickly
passengers using these vehicles must have pre-purchased
their ticket.
In London the on-bus ticket
vending system is going to be replaced by stationary
ticket machines which are going to be set up at
bus stops. The ticket machines will be installed
at bus stops on key routes, some of which are
being converted to articulated bus operation to
cope with rapidly increasing patronage. This will
allow fares to be collected prior to boarding
the bus enabling faster and more efficient running
of London's bus services.
Metric provides LBSL with
all machines, maintenance, 'helpline' service
and cash collection. Essentially Metric has been
a one-stop shop for this project. All machines
are capable of self-diagnoses; in the event of
a fault a machine will contact the Metric server
via the GSM system; the server alerts the duty
engineer/s using an SMS message.
|
