Ticket Identification Required

[deecee16]

I've attached a scan of a ticket on London Buses, can anyone explain the reason for its issue?
It has 'Warning', 'Invalid for travel' and 'This is not valid for any type of journey Please see Driver'. There is no machine or route number.

 

[PeterC]

I can think of a number of scenarios where a ticket might need to be printed that wasn't valid for travel but the text does seem odd.

Running paper through the machine to load and test perhaps?

 

[Bletchleyite]

The normal reason for this kind of thing is as a test print, yes. TVMs can do it as well, and sometimes do automatically if they think something is amiss. They obviously don't want to feed through blanks as these could be misused.

 

[swt class 450]

It is a paper feed ticket. It is issued by pressing the three buttons of "0" and "C" and "ENTER" together at the same time. Normally when drivers change the ticket roll they will do this to feed the paper through and check the paper is going through and printing correctly.

 

[deecee16]

It is a paper feed ticket. It is issued by pressing the three buttons of "0" and "C" and "ENTER" together at the same time. Normally when drivers change the ticket roll they will do this to feed the paper through and check the paper is going through and printing correctly.

Thanks for the replies

 

[73001]

It'll have such warnings on to stop drivers issuing a paper feed to someone who pays cash and then pocketing the money. I used to be a revenue officer in Merseyside and once boarded a bus full of inspectors tickets which came out like a normal ticket but didn't register any monetary value (obviously). When I went back to the driver he just stopped the bus in the middle of the road, picked up his bag and walked off!

 

[Hophead]

Although, in London, no one pays in cash, nor are tickets issued (unless the bus terminates early and you ask for a transfer voucher) - are there any other circumstances?

 

[daveshah]

The printer is used to print an advice note if your Oyster balance is less than £1.50 so an emergency fare is charged (and there is therefore an immediate need to top up).

 

[duncombec]

Although, in London, no one pays in cash, nor are tickets issued (unless the bus terminates early and you ask for a transfer voucher) - are there any other circumstances?

Interestingly, I had just this happen to me last week. I was very surprised when touching on (Oyster) on the bus to see a ticket issued. It was a notification that my Oyster Card had gone into a minus value and would only be accepted for that journey. Normally using the tube, you don't get that sort of message at the gate line.

"There was no valid pass or enough money on your card, so an emergency Oyster fare was charged. You must top-up the card to use it again, or you could use a Contactless Payment Card in future. THIS TICKET IS ONLY VALID ON THE BUS ON WHICH IT WAS ISSUED."

Which presumably means if you drop into "minus value", you cannot take advantage of the hopper fare.