Re: [NSW] CityRail Ticketing, Part II

["Al" <alpout@optusnet.com.au>]

"Anita Lukaszyk" <neety@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
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> Al wrote:
>
> > In addition to what I wrote a few weeks ago about trying to get a
DayTripper
> > from Morisset, I've just had a look on CityRail's website.  Why can I get
a
> > CityHopper from anywhere on the network, (the site even points this out) ,
but
> > not the DayTripper?
>
> A DayTripper is valid for unlimited travel in the suburban area (bounded
> by Cowan, Richmond, Emu Plains, Macarthur, Otford). As Morisset is not
> in this area, you cannot purchase the ticket. CityHopper's can be
> purchased from any CityRail station. This allows return rail travel to
> the City plus unlimited rail travel in the City area (Redfern-North
> Sydney-City Circle-Martin Pl) and bus travel (not sure of those
> boundaries).

And since you can pretty much say that a CityHopper and a DayTripper are
essentially the same thing, just with different boundaries, then why not allow
the DayTripper to be bought from outside the area in the same way?