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   From: dave@davenoise.co.uk   
      
   In article ,   
      Ron  wrote:   
   > On 31/01/2012 00:30, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:   
   > > In article,   
   > >     Paul Ratcliffe  wrote:   
   > >> On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:54:08 +0000 (GMT), Dave Plowman (News)   
   > >>   wrote:   
   > >   
   > >>> Take fares? When last were you on a bus? ;-)   
   > >   
   > >> There are buses in places other than Landun you know. They don't have   
   > >> Oyster.   
   > >   
   > > Neither do I. But don't pay cash on the bus.   
   > >   
   > When in Belgium last year, I found that, on the tramways, there was no   
   > place to pay the driver, and no 'conductor'.   
   > Most passengers seem to insert a card into a machine, no one checked   
   > tickets. I asked several folks how do I pay, they just shrugged, so it   
   > seems travel between stops wasn't worth collecting fares for. The whole   
   > system is remarkably cheap.   
      
   Amsterdam in the '60s had a system where no money changed hands on the   
   trams. You bought books of tickets in a shop. Can't remember exactly how   
   evasion was policed.   
      
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