Re: New trams

["Les Chandra" <les_chandra@asparagus.hotmail.com>]

Bill Bolton <billbolton@computer.org> wrote in message
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> "Glenn J-B" <grjb@optushome.com.au> wrote:
>
> > Sydney's ticketing is crap in comparison to a system that has three
zones
> > and covers both rail and bus in the suburban area.
>
> If the system you are making a comparision to acaullay existed, it
> might be a valid comparision, but in practice it doesn't exist.
> Metcard is at best unevenly implemented in Melbourne and has a bunch
> of problems which have been well documented in this new group.
>

Multi-modal ticketing is available on every service in metropolitan
Melbourne, with the exception of airport buses. That is one standard ticket
for EVERY bus, EVERY tram and EVERY train - regardless of who runs it. Only
on the route beyond Mt Martha on the Mornington Peninsula (nearly 2 hours
from central Melbourne) does multi-modal ticketing disappear.

Most of the Metcard problems are to do with automated ticketing, nothing to
do with multi-modal ticketing.

Sorry Bill, Sydney has nothing - repeat NOTHING - anything remotely
resembling this.

(Operators are trying to undo this, but that is a different story)

Les