I think the idea is a good one in theory but a bad one in practice. The costs would be huge and I'm not sure re-introducing open platforms in todays 'no win, no fee' culture is a good one. I worked for a bus company in the 1990s that reintroduced conductors as a competitive tool, whilst popular with passengers it did not create any extra revenue and cost considerably more and was discontinued after the experiment finished.
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at 15:01 on January 8th, 2009
I think the idea is a good one in theory but a bad one in practice. The costs would be huge and I'm not sure re-introducing open platforms in todays 'no win, no fee' culture is a good one. I worked for a bus company in the 1990s that reintroduced conductors as a competitive tool, whilst popular with passengers it did not create any extra revenue and cost considerably more and was discontinued after the experiment finished.