Re: Y2K rail problems

[Athan <athan@nospam.bigfoot.com>]

David Bennetts wrote:

> Australia seems thus far to have avoided Y2K problems with its rail
> services - though I did hear on the ABC that Trans Adelaide had problems
> with ticket validators on New Years Eve, since rectified.
>
> Meanwhile, back in Old Blighty, hackers broke into the Railtrack Website,
> the major purveyor of timetable information for Britain's multiplicity of
> train operating companies, and posted a hoax message that all trains on New
> Years Day had been cancelled due to Y2K problems.  This message has since
> been removed. (Source BBC News).
>
> Happy New Year to you all, I'll wish you a Happy New Millenium and Century
> next year if we make it that far.
>
> Regards
>
> David Bennetts
> Canberra

Same problem hit Hobart's Metro system...but on reflection, the on board
ticket machines, and localised vendors were the same as that provided to Trans
Adelaide.

It's actually a good system...been in use here some time.  Maybe people in
Victoria could learn something from it (Y2K glitch aside)