RE: New trams

[Vaughan Williams <ender2000@MailAndNews.com>]

My own opinion on this is that if the outlet doesnt' have the ticket you 
want, 
and you can't buy it on the vehicle, then you have not had the "reasonable 
opportunity" to purchase a ticket and can travel without one.

This shouldn't be treated as legal advice, though. I'm not aware of any 
authority to support it (though I am aware of someone successfully defending 
themselves in a mag ct on the above basis). The PTUA is not qualified to 
give 
legal advice.


>> Perhaps he meant what I experienced, when I was unable to buy a Zone 1,2,3
>> daily at the Airport West agency (somewhere in Westfield) since it was
>only
>> in Zone 2.
>
>Well that's a problem, but it doesn't sound like what he describes. I
>wondered if he was referring to National Bus not issuing MetCards, but they
>still sell multi-modal tickets in paper form.
>
>
>What you found is, unfortunately, relatively common. Retail outlets tend not
>to carry tickets for travel in zones further out than they already are. I
>presume it's because the tickets are pre-printed/encoded and they don't want
>to get stuck with stock that doesn't sell very well.
>
>You can always buy the ticket for the missing zone while travelling. Based
>on a 2 hour ticket, this should only make about 10 cents difference to the
>price.
>
>
>Daniel
>--
>Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
>dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au
>Melbourne public transport FAQ http://www.custard.net.au/melbtrans/
>

Vaughan Williams
Secretary
Public Transport Users Association
247 Flinders Lane
Melbourne 3000
http://www.ptua.org.au