Re: [VIC] Metcard Xpress

[jon_tread@my-deja.com]

The met touch card you saw was probably a rail employee as they have
all been issued with them, including the Transit police.
Regards
John

In article <39640DDA.B1911FB2@werple.net.au>,
  Roderick Smith <rodsmith@werple.net.au> wrote:
> This sounds like a Hong Kong touchcard.  The only advantage is that
the
> card can remain in its holder, and it scans faster.  I watched one
> passenger scan successfully through a leather wallet.
> It should certainly be more reliable than the current magnetic-stripe
> ticket.
>
> However, metcard xpress is simply another embodiment of the same
> unnecessarily punitive rules - and without Hong Kong's frequency,
> reliability and smoothness as compensation.
>
> --
> Regards
> Roderick B Smith
> Rail News Victoria Editor
>
>


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