Pricing
Pricing
It was a requirement of the Traffic Commissioners that a fare table be carried and available for inspection upon request. These days, my understanding is that having the fares programmed into a ticket machine is accepted by the TC as sufficient - which, I suppose, makes sense. Some companies ask their drivers to carry a Stage List - a list of fare stages and an indication of which direction is 'inbound' and which is 'outbound.' These lists sometimes include an indication of which fare stages are in which fares zone (eg, GNE colour zones and T & W fare zones - required for Transfares and NTL product validity). Drivers should also be aware of such things as PlusBus validity and oddities such as Hadrian's Wall Day Ticket. (Hopefully, when everything goes 'Smart', the machine will know all this, too!).
Add in his duty board, cash dispenser, hi viz vest, wallets for paper weekly tickets and a diary in which to write his shifts, and it's no wonder that most companies provide some sort of satchell!