Taking lots of children by bus

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[JayMac]

Me too, by Grandma, on the green buses in Taunton.

That's the NBC leaf green ones, not the current day-glo ones!

[ellendune]

But I don't think full-price vs concessionary fare is a good judge of requiring a seat.  Using that argument, season ticket holders are less worthy of a seat, as would those using a discount (e.g. railcard).

On the Swindon to London route it would be (if they all tickets were for some strange reason valid on an overcrowded train) as follows:

Full fare
Off-peak
Super off peak
Season Ticket holders

However those using the same train from Reading to London and vice versa would have even less right to a seat on a price per mile basis

Makes you think doesn't it. 

[grahame]

On the Swindon to London route it would be (if they all tickets were for some strange reason valid on an overcrowded train) as follows:

Full fare
Off-peak
Super off peak
Season Ticket holders

However those using the same train from Reading to London and vice versa would have even less right to a seat on a price per mile basis

Makes you think doesn't it. 

My highlight.   That train's the 19:30 from Paddington to Swindon. 

[Tim]

I seem to remember when I was a kid, we were all asked by our parents to stand for adults to sit....what changed? :-)

Note sure much has changed.  On a full bus, I will sit with a child on my knee rather than have them take up a seat.  I wouldn't want them to stand though.  Not safe what with a combination of some of the drivers and the superior effectiveness of modern brakes.