Re: Cost blowout on ticket machines

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>]

Anybody care to calculate how many conductors and station staff could be
employed for this amount of money?


Daniel
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Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
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"David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
YqoJ5.10$_C6.8832@news0.optus.net.au">news:YqoJ5.10$_C6.8832@news0.optus.net.au...
> Victoria's troubled automatic ticket system could end up costing taxpayers
> almost $600 million, the State Government has warned. OneLink, the company
> that provides and services the public transport system's automatic
> ticketing machines, has lodged a $270 million claim against the
> government, virtually doubling the cost of the original $300 million
> contract.
>
> http://www.theage.com.au/news/20001025/A5535-2000Oct24.html