(17 Feb 2015, 3:22 pm)Jimmi wrote Not sure on London style bus set ups as I have never rode any buses in London.
The smartcards' thing for centre doors could maybe work, perhaps you could police it by having someone standing at the centre doors in Gateshead Interchange and MetroCentre Bus Station and people quickly show their pass (eg. Key or Concession pass) to the person then place it on a scanner and any cash fares go to the front doors. Not sure if this would work though and will probably never happen.
Similar to the metro when the barriers are down?
Maybe if they went down the route of the Wright Streetcar, it could have worked - but that would have been before the smartcard technology was implemented.
It works well on the continent and has apparently cut down on free travel. People seem to check in and out on the cards in places like Amsterdam, rather than back in the day when not many people seemed to bother.
Loading times are good too.
In London, the deckers are set up like the GNE Vykings and Presidents and the single deckers are the same, just without the stairs.