Bus Ticketing Machines

Meeting:

MQT on 2007-01-30

Session date:

January 30, 2007

Reference:

2007/0195

Question By:

Andrew Pelling

Organisation:

GLA Conservatives

Asked Of:

The Mayor

Question

What percentage of bus ticket machines in London suffer a breakdown on average each day?

Answer

Answer for Bus Ticketing Machines

Answered By:

The Mayor

Date:

Friday, 2nd February 2007

About 0.7% of all buses in service each day suffer some form of ticketing equipment problem. Not all of these will actually put the whole of the ticketing equipment out of service, and a number are temporary faults that rectify themselves automatically.