Securing cash arising from sales

Cash accruing from sales can be on-vehicle, off-vehicle or off-system. Regardless of source, the procedures require reconciliation between the sales made and the cash deposited or handed over. The reconciliation methods may vary according to operator arrangements.

On-vehicle cash can be secured remotely within a fare box vault where monies are dropped into the secure compartment underneath the vehicle [usually, but not always, near to the driver who may be controlling cash payments at the cab area].The vault is opened by staff at the garage and cannot be accessed by others outside the garage.
Otherwise cash may be held by the crew for later deposit to the operator. Examples exist of monies being deposited at safes held at major terminals or interchanges, so that on-vehicle cash volumes are always low. At the end of the shift, the crew would deposit remaining cash either at the terminal or at the garage. Often cash is fast counted through high-speed cash counting machines and a receipt given. Bulk cash from terminals or from garages is usually securely transported by specialists to the banks.

Cash retained in off-vehicle vending machines is periodically removed and transported to banks, sometimes with an intermediate counting at the operator garages. Often specialists are used to undertake removal from the remote vending machines.

Off-system cash from agency sales is usually deposited directly by the agencies into a nominated bank account on a regular pre-determined basis, often once each banking day, net of any offset for the replenishment of ticket stocks or of electronic value.