Buses - Are We Jealous Sheffield?

[Resident]

On 01/04/2022 at 23:56, LovePotion said:

I agree and that's because the Penalties are rarely enforced . With the current system, they can only really sting people once they get off the tram. And they can't have officers at every tram stop. If they did buy before you board, they could have officers issuing penalties and doing interviews under caution ONBOARD instead of just selling the chancers a ticket. 

Trams used to be buy before boarding and there were machines at tram-stops.  

I assume through maintainence costs/theft/vandalism they became too costly.  (EDIT, here's an image)
 

There have been MANY occasions where I've travelled some distance by tram and not seen a conductor collecting fares, due to how busy it was (pre-covid). Although I have the privilege of free travel (granted by Stagecoach) so no loss of income from my journeys. 

Edited April 4, 2022 by Resident