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Post by Marcus on Mar 25, 2017 20:55:16 GMT 1
It surprises me that many bus drivers have never heard of the Metro Weekender ticket, for example today I boarded a Yorkshire Tiger 324 showing the ticket to the driver and he had a long look at it and told me I would have to use a First service, presumably because he ignored the Metro Weekender text in the middle of the ticket and looked at the First logo. After a minute or so trying to explain that the ticket can be used on that service, he finally let me on but he wasn't happy about it. Many times before that I've also had funny looks and stares at the ticket. Is this a case of Metro not informing the operators about the ticket, or the operators not informing their drivers about it? Either that or it's that unpopular the drivers have simply forgotten about it? It's likely when I use it again tomorrow there'll be some sort of fuss about it.
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Mar 25, 2017 21:07:02 GMT 1
What ticket it is seems irrelevant in this case, I expect it would have been the same if you had a normal MetroDay. It's more that you were presenting First ticket stock on a non First service.
Some drivers can't be told, won't read notice boards and automatically assume everyone is trying to use a FirstDay on a Tiger Bus.
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Post by Marcus on Mar 25, 2017 21:09:58 GMT 1
What ticket it is seems irrelevant in this case, I expect it would have been the same if you had a normal MetroDay. It's more that you were presenting First ticket stock on a non First service. Some drivers can't be told, won't read notice boards and automatically assume everyone is trying to use a FirstDay on a Tiger Bus. There has been a case when I asked for the Weekender and they said it didn't exist until they searched for it on the ticket machine |
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Post by sharksmith on Mar 25, 2017 22:24:40 GMT 1
With the technology available today you would have thought it possible for operator specific wording to be replaced by Metro logos when buying multi operator tickets, it's the one thing that discourages me from using the Metro Day more, you just don't want the hassle.
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Post by WYBS on Mar 25, 2017 23:54:26 GMT 1
When I used to buy paper Metroday tickets (usually printed on First or Transdev), they would confuse the life out of Yorkshire tiger drivers but I had no problems on other operators.
My current student MCard stil doesn't register on Tiger ticket machines as well.
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Post by britannia94 on Mar 26, 2017 13:05:50 GMT 1
When I used to buy paper Metroday tickets (usually printed on First or Transdev), they would confuse the life out of Yorkshire tiger drivers but I had no problems on other operators. My current student MCard stil doesn't register on Tiger ticket machines as well. m Your not the only one who has issues with the student card on Yorkshire tiger services, everytime I use mine it won't scan yet all other operators have no problem with scanning. |
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Post by hstjohnny on Mar 29, 2017 10:52:32 GMT 1
When I used to buy paper Metroday tickets (usually printed on First or Transdev), they would confuse the life out of Yorkshire tiger drivers but I had no problems on other operators. My current student MCard stil doesn't register on Tiger ticket machines as well. m Your not the only one who has issues with the student card on Yorkshire tiger services, everytime I use mine it won't scan yet all other operators have no problem with scanning. This seems to be a problem when loading a "Bus Only" ticket onto the card. A bus and rail weekly/monthly works fine and reads fine. The ticket machines on the 36 also have this problem |
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Post by mk2mcw on Mar 29, 2017 15:20:19 GMT 1
Ive had the same problem when using metroday's and weekenders I can remember one time on the now defunct 63B-Leeds-Cross gates-Seacroft Tiger service a driver flatly refused even got aggressive with me a metro data collector was on the bus at the time and even he couldn't convince the driver the ticket was valid all we got was ''Im not accepting it and that's it'' however tiger then sent me an email saying the matter was dealt with ''profusely'' they apologised and ''hoped to see me on board again soon!!'' metro gave me a free weeks travel though what use it would be when half the drivers in west Yorkshire are ignorant to them.
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