07 Nov 2016, 5:30 pm
#163
(07 Nov 2016, 5:24 pm)Jamie M Although I'm sceptical that these are recorded as being used, it's certainly becoming more common and will undoubtedly be even more common in these winter months!
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All allocations are recorded - it's an automatic process, based on the information the driver has to input into his/her ticket machine, in order to sell tickets.
From this data, reports can be generated to determine which journeys have been operated by a vehicle which is neither the preferred vehicle type for that service, or the preferred alternative vehicle type (if any). Further analysis can show the type of tickets which have been sold on that journey, how much cash has been taken by the driver, which stops tickets have been sold at, etc etc.
The aforementioned report picked up on the fact that Red Kite 6120 was allocated to three journeys on service 6 last night, as you noted. It's by no means a common thing - trust me!
You wouldn't believe the amount of things that go on behind the scenes of a bus company!
