Re: PRIDE 2 & Validation messages (Was: [melb] Announcement heard at Box Hill_

["Bobby Cerny" <bcerny@optushome.com.au>]

I've only seen premium stations with barriers
others just have two validator poles

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"DJ" <someone@optus.com> wrote in message
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> yeah strange that, because most stations just have a validator and is set
up
> for passengers to validate coming in.
>
> > hahaha, that is because the Metcard database was set up in a way for the
> > passenger counting and all that, you require two validations, one when
> > starting the journey and one when finishing the journey.
> >
> > It is hard enough to get people to validate once, it is a wonder they
ever
> > thought they could get people to validate twice. The people the wrote
the
> > specs for Metcard, I think have never even seen a train, tram or bus,
and
> > never even caught public transport.
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