(04 May 2020, 8:52 pm)Adrian wrote Perhaps! I actually found the EVM to be ideal for the 689, when I tried that out a couple of month ago.
I don't know about the 39, but those Washington services could certainly get away with using an EVM most evenings. I just cannot see operators being willing to heavily invest in them, when the only reward is a 1 year contract. Then there's the added problem of what do they do the rest of the time.
I'd hope Nexus would have considered that in their acceptance of an economically advantageous bid. In Washington for example, the day and week tickets are priced at £3.60 and £15.00 respectively. The multi-operator alternative to that would be £7.80* a day or £20.10 a week - or a 34% - 116% price increase, if you look at it that way!
* Day Rover as there is no zonal multi operator version of a day ticket.
They won't care about what it costs other people, like it was said, they went for the lowest bidder and thats it....