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Re: [Melb] Fare evasion
- Subject: Re: [Melb] Fare evasion
- From: "Al" <alpout@optusnet.com.au>
- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 21:00:03 +1100
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
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"Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:YHnr6.15518$E57.581607@news4.aus1.giganews.com...
> "Michael" <usenet.spam@gunzel.net> wrote in message
> news:9063CB754gunzelT333@139.130.239.94...
>
> > My weekly Metcard gripe: yesterday it took over 5 minutes to escape the
> > barriers at Flinders Street. Some idiot left the gates set to bi-
> > directional despite the many thousands of people trying to use said gates
> > in both directions. Result, morons attempting to validate their Metcard
> > while other people were on their way through (in the opposite direction) -
> > one person even validated his ticket with the wrong hand! He subsequently
> > opened my gate, to which I couldn't put my ticket in.
>
> Yeah, that is about my only gripe with the Melboring system - the
> bi-directionality of the gates. If they are going to persist with this, they
> should at least have one or two gates set for one direction only, (one or
> two for each way, that is) and let the rest be bi-directional.
>
> Dave
>
Does that mean that Sydney gates don't swing both ways, but stay in the middle
all the time?? And I thought it enjoyed me putting my card in its slot.....
:-)
Al