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Buses in Rome

corktina · 2014-10-19 11:26:14

DB/BE could learn from Rome. All their urban fleet were three door low floor standee single deckers with pre-paid tickets which you validate after you board. Really efficient. They pull up, people get off, people get on , off we go!SOme doors were supposedly no entry /exit, but no one took any notice of that One ticket…

19-10-2014 12:26PM

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DB/BE could learn from Rome. All their urban fleet were three door low floor standee single deckers with pre-paid tickets which you validate after you board. Really efficient. They pull up, people get off, people get on , off we go!SOme doors were supposedly no entry /exit, but no one took any notice of that

One ticket cost €1.50 and is valid for 100 minutes across the buses, trams and Metro , also suburban rail.

They also had some buses marked as EXPRESS which omitted many stops

Revenue protection comprised teams of three who boarded simultaneously through all three doors

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