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Re: Validators that NEVER work
- Subject: Re: Validators that NEVER work
- From: "Rex Manning" <mailto:RENEZELLWEGER@amygrant.freeservers.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 21:18:57 +1100
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Optus Internet
- References: <398o8s0j76r141jgivre1s7e9jl0i9k3cu@4ax.com> <01bf66ff$b33a4fa0$ec8a17d2@rodsmith> <86jnd9$csb$1@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
Paul Dwerryhouse <paul@xenu.ee.mu.oz.au> wrote in message
news:86jnd9$csb$1@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU...
> "Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au> writes:
>
> >I spent Saturday travelling around Wien (Austria) on an all-day ticket.
> >There, the validators DO work. This excellent system has no barriers; a
> >ticket is validated once (ie on the first trip) and is available for
trams,
> >buses, suburban trains and the metro. People do not seem to cheat the
> >system.
>
> Yep - Vienna's PT system is great. Even better is Berlin's, with their
> fantastic S-bahn/U-bahn system. No barriers, and it's cheap to use, too.
>
> The (ex)-Victorian Government was Jeffed.
>
> Paul.
go transit in toronto is good too. tho they have barriers but it is cheap