(03 Nov 2013, 6:51 pm)Dan wrote Liked the idea when I first glanced over the post, but reading into it... Surely a passenger needs to know the zonal structure when buying their ticket, rather than when alighting?
If I'm on the 56 and buy a Red Zone, I should know where the boundary is when purchasing the Red Zone...
You'd think so but a lot of people don't. I remember years ago aI find people just get on asking for a 'day ticket' on a daily basis, and look completely baffled when they're given 5 or 6 different options. Unless you're a regular travel the system is confusing.
I'd say visual representations would increase awareness. In Glasgow, all the stops have the zone numbers on them. Tyne and Wear used to have this in the PTE days iirc.
(03 Nov 2013, 7:03 pm)CatsFast101 wrote You should yes, but I've lost count the amount of times on a 202/X35 someone has bought a red zone ticket and went past the boundary into South Hetton.
This happens quite often in Penshaw too. People quite often think they can get to the next stop up the bank on a purple buzzfare ticket.