Re: Sydney/Melbourne transport comparisons

[Ben Munro <sporologist@yahoo.com>]

Tezza wrote:
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> "Peter Parker" <parkerp@alphalink.com.au> wrote in message
> 3a9ae25e@news.alphalink.com.au">news:3a9ae25e@news.alphalink.com.au...
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> | 2. CityRail ticket machines at airport station
> | - Use touch screens
> | - Much more complicated than Melbourne Metcard machines
> | - All but one machine had hand-written signs 'Exact Fare only'
> | - Machines won't accept new $5 or $50 notes
> | - Like Melbourne trams, several machines had 'Coin only' signs
> | - Machines had a weekly ticket top-up facility.
> | - Overall impression unfavourable
> 
> You must be mistaken, Cityrail ticket machines almost always work perfectly,
> are never faulty and never get vandalised.

Those are the newer touch screen ones. I have only used them a few
times. Perhaps they are more unreliable than the older ones?