While I'm sure they have detailed statistics on use, there is not guarantee that someone will show up to pay that fare.
To be fair though, if a service is known to be busy, it makes little sense to offer discount fares (a) it would mean them losing money (b) it would mean the service would be over full of people with the low fare and the people who can only use that service. This serves neither the operator nor the passenger.
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