A question for those with a working knowledge of Avantix Mobile.
My local line (The Severn Beach Line) has a zonal fares structure with an inner zone, outer zone and all line zone. The fares on this line are essentially of a flat fare nature dependent on which zone you travel in.
I'm often sold tickets that cover the whole zone I'm traveling in rather than from my origin to destination.
As an example, today I was traveling from Stapleton Road to Shirehampton, the fare for which is the all line zone fare of £2 single. I was actually sold a ticket with the origin Bristol Temple Meads and the destination Avonmouth which is also £2.
I queried this with the conductor and he said that they have the the three zonal fares, Bristol TM↔Clifton Down (inner zone), Clifton Down↔Avonmouth (outer zone) and Bristol TM↔Avonmouth (all line zone), programmed in as the most popular options to save time issuing tickets. (Leaving aside St Andrew's Road and Severn Beach which are also in the outer/full line zones)
My question is, won't this affect accurate passenger figures for the individual stations on the line? I asked the conductor this and he said that, no, they still input the correct stations for passenger count purposes but then select one of the three popular options relevant to the journey being undertaken. Is this correct or was I being fobbed off?
My local line (The Severn Beach Line) has a zonal fares structure with an inner zone, outer zone and all line zone. The fares on this line are essentially of a flat fare nature dependent on which zone you travel in.
I'm often sold tickets that cover the whole zone I'm traveling in rather than from my origin to destination.
As an example, today I was traveling from Stapleton Road to Shirehampton, the fare for which is the all line zone fare of £2 single. I was actually sold a ticket with the origin Bristol Temple Meads and the destination Avonmouth which is also £2.
I queried this with the conductor and he said that they have the the three zonal fares, Bristol TM↔Clifton Down (inner zone), Clifton Down↔Avonmouth (outer zone) and Bristol TM↔Avonmouth (all line zone), programmed in as the most popular options to save time issuing tickets. (Leaving aside St Andrew's Road and Severn Beach which are also in the outer/full line zones)
My question is, won't this affect accurate passenger figures for the individual stations on the line? I asked the conductor this and he said that, no, they still input the correct stations for passenger count purposes but then select one of the three popular options relevant to the journey being undertaken. Is this correct or was I being fobbed off?