The wife went to town this morning {using her gold card} she was surprised to see a lady get on a few stops further on and the driver refused the cash for the ticket, saying this is becoming a cashless route. She said that the driver told the passenger to wait till she got off in town and get her {presmably} mega rider from the 51 driver behind.
Apparently our route is being made cashless, Stagecoach says this will be very beneficial, as people can use contact less, apps, androids, or buy your ticket in advance. One thing they say is it will speed up the journey time, this to me has never been a problem, it's the bus schedule were they seem to fall down.
I know only too well how difficult it can be trying to keep to a schedule {being an ex professional driver myself} but that old saying of "You wait half an hour for a bus then three come along at once" that has happened on more than one occasion, if not three then certainly two.
After all that they are STILL going to accept cash, on this route, in certain circumstances, so it's NOT cashless then!