Re: Airport Line Tickets

["Bernard Smith" <epping.smiths@gatewaynet.bigpond.com>]

"Hubert Lam" <hubert@imap4.com> wrote in message
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> Stickers have been put on all TVMs stating the inability of the ticket
machine to issue these
> tickets. Probably needs special programming to allow it to collect
non-distance based fares (i.e.
> the fixed "station usage fee" that airport line stations charge)--I
believe at the moment they can
> only calculate distance based fares without the station usage fee, with
exception of Olympic Park:
> the fare to Olympic Park during off peak times is actually the same as the
peak time fares so
> technically there's no "off peak" for those going there, so that makes up
for the "station usage
> fee".

According to the CityRail website fare calculator, there are off peak
discounts to Olympic Park and station usage fees apply to all fares.

>From Central, adult single is $3.80 ($1.20 more than standard), adult return
is $7.60 ($2.40 more than standard) and adult off peak return is $5.40
($2.40 more than standard).  The station usage fee for children is $0.60 per
journey.