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Re: Metcard Adventures (Was: [Melb] Fare evasion)
- Subject: Re: Metcard Adventures (Was: [Melb] Fare evasion)
- From: "Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>
- Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 02:20:26 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au)
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"Michael" <usenet.spam@gunzel.net> wrote in message
906C7125EgunzelT333@203.50.2.80">news:906C7125EgunzelT333@203.50.2.80...
> Daniel Bowen <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au> wrote in article
> <2Mbu6.15280$992.98549@news-server.bigpond.net.au>:
> >> Really, if public transport is to compete with the car, it's going to
> >> have to become a lot more accessible. Multi modal fares (already the
> >> case in Melbourne - for how long now, who knows), being able to tender
> >> any
>
> >Since 1983, I believe. A huge jump in patronage followed.
>
> Was more referring to the questionable practice of single modr ticketing
> that has been implemented by some of the private operators. Once the
> Metcard contract expires in 2006 - what happens thereon?
heheh okay.
Question is, does the Metcard contract apply to the ticket media - eg cards,
and validators, gates etc, or to the ticketing system (eg zones, multimodal
fares) or to both?
I don't recall, but aren't the private operators contracted to use the
multimodal ticketing system?
Daniel
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Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au
Melbourne public transport FAQ http://www.custard.net.au/melbtrans/