Re: Transport ticket system collapses

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

"steamfreak" <steamfreak711@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Exactly.  The only bloke interested in tickets on the tram recently was
the
> arrogant fellow trying to fine me for not having a one.  Unfortunately I
had
> boarded the tram with insufficient small change to secure the relevant
> Metcard and the machine didn't take notes.  The more pathetic thing was
that

As unfair as it is, I'm not sure that's a valid excuse anymore. By now I
would think that we all *know* they don't take coins.

> even if I did have enough change, I still couldn't buy a ticket to Zone 3
> anyway.  In any case, very few of the Metcard machines I attempted to use

I thought trams would sell zone 1-2-3 tickets (well, at least 2 hour ones)

> worked (over a two week period at various stations), I just glad that some
> of the station counters kiosks had real people to sell you a ticket.  The

But of course in staffed stations, the machines are more likely to be
working! Triffic, isn't it!

> rest of the time I travelled without one but I guess a broken machine
would
> be no excuse if you're caught?

They say you should make a reasonable attempt to buy a ticket. I think
arriving at the station with money and finding all the machines not working
would fall into that.


Daniel
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Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
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