(06 Aug 2025, 7:48 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote Yeah I'd thought the same re the switch to the (also red) Almex A90 where the ticket was issued by the driver's unit.  But the first of the Darts arrived in significant number in 1992 and that switchover didnt come until Summer 1994 according to signage on 1723, so think the old style machines must have been on the Darts for a year or two

But if you think about it, didnt Stagecoach take over in 1994?  Those big red machines were well gone ages before Stagecoach came on scene.   Thats what im saying about Busways having a couple of variations of the smaller driver issue machines