Manual fare collection is the practice of collecting fares manually. "Fare collection" generally refers to the collection of fares in the transport industry in return for a ticket or passes to travel.
A ticket box with tickets waiting to be punched in a BEST Bus in Mumbai, India.
A fare is the fee paid by a passenger for use of the public transport system: rail, bus, taxi, etc. In the case of air transport, the term airfare is often used. Fare structure is the system set up to