Auto fare equipment usage

[j789]

Looking at the recent photos of Grimsby -Cleethorpes transport buses, a number have auto fare equipment very similar to that used in the West Midlands. I've not seen many other operators around the country using this fare system.

We're there any other large operators who used the auto fare equipment?

Was the Grimsby set up the same as West Midlands?

[Tony]

Grimsby Cleethorpes is an unusual company for me as I think it is the only 'major' company I never saw a single vehicle running for them. I went to Grimsby one day in the 1980s and they were on strike, I got let around the garage, saw the entire fleet and never went back before the Stagecoach takeover

[Ian Hardy]

More than you think:

In Scotland: Lothian, First Glasgow, NX Dundee, First Aberdeen are still using this system as do some parts of First Scotland East & Stagecoach's Scottish operations.

In Wales: Cardiff City Transport & Newport Bus still do.

In England: Nottingham City Transport, Reading Buses & Rotala's Preston Bus still do

WYPTE in Bradford, Halifax & Huddersfield (but not in Leeds), Plymouth City Transport & Southampton Citybus used to but don't anymore.

London Transport in the 1960's & 70's on the suburban flat fare routes and also on the Red Arrow buses. The Red Arrows still did until the artics were introduced & London's buses went cashless.

[j789]

More than you think:

In Scotland: Lothian, First Glasgow, NX Dundee, First Aberdeen are still using this system as do some parts of First Scotland East & Stagecoach's Scottish operations.

In Wales: Cardiff City Transport & Newport Bus still do.

In England: Nottingham City Transport, Reading Buses & Rotala's Preston Bus still do

WYPTE in Bradford, Halifax & Huddersfield (but not in Leeds), Plymouth City Transport & Southampton Citybus used to but don't anymore.

London Transport in the 1960's & 70's on the suburban flat fare routes and also on the Red Arrow buses. The Red Arrows still did until the artics were introduced & London's buses went cashless.

I never realised there were so many, I've often thought that Nottingham City Transport was like a smaller version of WMT, lots of similarities.

Who manufactured the auto fare machines? I remember reading elsewhere on here that the machines were reused in multiple generations of buses so I guess most of NXWM's are original 1970s ones.

[Wumpty]

IIRC Nottingham City Transport had Autofare 3 for a time.

Reason I'm posting this as I was speakng to a former colleague of mine and we recalled that Walsall Council had a couple of Autofare 3 systems in use for selling advanced tickets to council events like Walsall Illuminations and Town Hall events too. These were based in a small office just off reception in Leisure Services where I was based for a short time. I'm told that these still exist in the bowels of the Civic Centre - we're trying to establish if they do.

[Westy]

My late father used to work for Walsall Leisure Services back in the 80's  through to the early to mid 90's, & we used to get into the Illuminations on the preview night!

[Wumpty]

My late father used to work for Walsall Leisure Services back in the 80's  through to the early to mid 90's, & we used to get into the Illuminations on the preview night!

There was a cross over period between Leisure Services selling prebooked ticked and the Illuminations ticket buses of the 90s - I'm sure that Metroriders were impromptu ticket offices basd up at the Arboretum extension and shuttle buses ran from there to Lichfield Street drop off.