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Re: [Vic] Metcard - What could be done.
- Subject: Re: [Vic] Metcard - What could be done.
- From: "Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@#DELETE#custard.net.au>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 12:44:07 +1000
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- Newsgroups: aus.rail
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"Anthony Morton" <amorton@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au> wrote in message
news:8ifdfq$8i2$1@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU...
> The point is that validating tickets on buses and at station barriers _do_
> serve a useful purpose: on the bus the driver can control who gets on, and
> at the station the barrier keeps people without tickets out. Revalidating
> valid tickets on trams serves no revenue protection purpose whatsoever,
> unless there is a conductor to see you do it.
It may be of use to the passenger, if you have a two hour ticket about to
expire, to prove that you boarded (and validated) before the expiry time.
Daniel
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