Re: New trams

[Michael Hendy <spam.sucks@bigpond.com>]

Glenn J-B wrote:

> Bill Bolton <billbolton@computer.org> wrote in message
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>>Paul Dwerryhouse <paul+usenet@dwerryhouse.com.au> wrote:
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>>>Why has Sydney still got such a hotch-potch system?
>>>
>>The Sydney ticketing system is simple, is multi-modal for many regular
>>commuters and people actually validate their tickets.  What more is
>>there to say.
>>
> 
> Sydney's ticketing is crap in comparison to a system that has three zones
> and covers both rail and bus in the suburban area. Try using both government
> and private transport with the one ticket in Sydney. You can't. Thats the
> reason why I gave up travelling by "simple multi modal" transport 5 years
> ago.
> 
> 
> 

I found it annoying not being able to get pre-validated tickets from the 
machines in Melbourne...