Re: Ticket machines - Frankston line
John Abraham Cleverdon (clev@minyos.its.rmit.EDU.AU)
15 Jul 1997 07:28:19 GMT
Daniel Bowen (request@toxiccustard.com) wrote:
: Ticket machines and gates (the blue ones) have been
: installed at stations on the Frankston line between
: Glenhuntly and Highett (and possibly further south).
: Signs up say that they'll come into use soon. Machines
: are also going in at Caulfield - it looks like these will
: include bigger gates of some kind.
:
The ticket machines have also been installed at all stations Frankston
to Cheltenham inclusive. There are gates now in at Frankston; I'm not
sure about gates at other stations.
IMHO a potential problem (at least for me) occurs if there is a train
arriving late at Frankston and I need to sprint for the bus - there are
only 3 or 4 gates for everybody to squeeze through. Will it slow down the
rate at which people exit the platform?
:
: Daniel
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