Re: Weekly Metcards - was Yarra Trams Article in Sunday Age

["Graham Smith" <dysonsmith@idx.com.au>]

when we were in Melbourne recently, we stayed out in Zone 2 territory, so
the whole family had weekly tickets, as we had to deliver my daughter to her
ballet school near FSS every day. Even though the machine at our originating
station was cactus, we managed through a combination of the friendly milk
bar owner acorss the road and the next station a couple of k's further in -
took the precaution of making our purchases the night before rather than the
morning peak.

We travelled every day, and on one day my younger son and I spent the whole
day riding trams and trains [40 deg. outside and we managed to strike a/c
stock on every one but the last tram in from Camberwell to FSS]. even a zone
extension to visit Puffing Billy only cost four of us about $10 all up.
Great value for us - we would have spent easily the equivalent in fuel and
parking fees otherwise.

Graham Smith

Daniel Bowen <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au> wrote in message
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> Furthermore, a weekly costs about the same as 4 daily tickets. Unless the
> zones used vary each day, I don't know why anybody travelling 6 days a
week
> would *not* get a weekly.
>
>
> Daniel
> --
> Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
> dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au
> http://www.danielbowen.com/
>
>
> "Rail Roamer" <leadscout@one.net.au> wrote in message
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> > Well because we live in the computer age and there are also alot of
> mongrels
> > out there who go out of there way each and every day to bugger up the
> > machine so they dont have to get a ticket. Then people such as you get
> > caught in the middle.
> > Whilst unfortunate it happens.
> > One way you can minimze your chances of being 'grilled' is to do a bulk
> > purchase or seeing as though you travel 6 days out of 7 why not get a
> weekly
> > ticket? This way you have the same ticket for each and every day, and
only
> > need to do one purchase each week.
> > Might not suit you but going by what you wrote it is an option.
> >
> > Look for solutions.
> > >
> > > Tell me, why is it that 3 out of 6 days I travel, on average, I am
> unable
> > to
> > > purchase a ticket from my originating station, because the machine I
> need
> > to
> > > use (one that takes notes, or C/C) is out of service, not accepting
> cards,
> > > etc.?    And then why is it that I get grilled at destination stations
> or
> > on
> > > trains by RPO's for not having a ticket, because the contractor
> obviously
> > is
> > > unable to maintain the equipment properly?
> >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Look Closer
> > > Andy B.
> > >
>
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