fareboxes

Bus payment slots

Fareboxes is the plural of farebox, the receptacle on a bus or train where passengers deposit their fare.

Traditional fareboxes accepted coins and bills; modern ones also read transit cards or accept contactless payment.

The driver watched as commuters filed past the fareboxes.

collection

slots

Narrow elongated openings

bills · receptacles · containers · cash · revenue · money · vaults · collection · counting · hoppers

transit

buses

Multi-passenger road vehicles

  • coinsMetal money units
  • tokensCurrency substitutes
  • driversVehicle operators or motivating forces

passengers · riders · transit · routes · metro · trolleys · trams · streetcars · commuters · boarding

technology

electronic

Relating to circuitry devices

readers · scanners · digital · RFID · magnetic stripe · NFC · automated · turnstiles · gates · sensors

historical

trolley

Wheeled cart or railcar

vintage · coin-operated · manual · brass · cast iron · nickel · dime · lever · registering · antique

Opposites
fare collection method

fareboxesticket machines

Automated fare-selling devices

ticket vending machines · fare gates · turnstiles · honor systems

revenue flow direction

fareboxescash dispensers

Machines providing banknotes

ATMs

Family

farebox

Familiarity
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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G