Re: Automatic Ticket Machines - Time settings

John McCallum (mccallum@melbpc.org.au)
23 May 1997 10:10:13 GMT

In article <5m1d8e$fkh@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>,
paul@xenu.ee.mu.oz.au (Paul Dwerryhouse) wrote:
>"John Wayman" <bushwalker@msn.com> writes:
>>It is time that this computerised system was made as user friendly as the
>>old paper tickets.
>
>>What do you think?
>
>I still believe they have made a severe screw-up in the validation process
>of the tickets. Having to validate a ticket every time one goes through a
>gate is utter madness - this will cause huge backlogs of people at the
>major city stations (and probably everywhere else, at that).

>Why does Melbourne always have to be different?
>
>....Paul.
>
>
I think the reason they want a ticket to be validated every time a vehicle is
boarded is to get an accurate count of the number of persons travelling.
BTW, the same thing is required in Adelaide.

Cheers,
John McCallum

e-mail address: mccallum@melbpc.org.au
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