(13 Feb 2017, 10:48 pm)James101 wrote I think we'll be hard pressed to find any actual figures to compare, but I imagine the savings for a large company like stagecoach will be considerable. If the system was cash-less there would be insurance savings on the buses themselves and the buildings the cash is kept in. There would be no outlay to g4s or similar for collecting and banking the cash. There would also be big labour savings as the cash-out process when returning to depot for takes a few minutes per driver.
Sorry, missed this at the time.
I think you are right and the savings will be significant.
There are all of the things you mention plus the savings in ticket paper.
If a proportion of customers don't need a ticket, then the operators don't need to purchase as many rolls.