farebox

plural fareboxes · alternative fare box

1. A box into which passengers drop their bus or train fare.

   We are keeping our eye on contradictions in fare collection–members have noticed uniformed collectors on Nearly light rail at the same time buses run with papered-over fareboxes–given the recent fare increase, we wonder why collections does not seem to be uniformly enforced.

   2024 11, Sally Jane Gellert, “Report from the Chair”, in Lackawanna Coalition Railgram

2. All payment from passengers (in whatever form) as a source of revenue for a transit organization.

   What makes it worse is that since the Southern Thameslink and Great Northern deal is a management contract, all the farebox money goes to the government.

   2019 November 6, Christian Wolmar, “Gatwick Express and Southern fares”, in Rail, page 56