Re: Metcard
Johann Fan (yags@geocities.com)
Thu, 30 Apr 1998 21:01:57 +1000
Kate & Andrew wrote in message <01bd7334$b760a5e0$637438cb@katrinaa>...
>> With the metcard ATM and validatora on trams and buses how do they know
>what
>> zone they are in?
>>
>> I think the bus is set from the driver and the tram with the location
>thing
>> or is this the driver as well?
>
>The driver only has to press the "change end" button when he/she changes
>ends of the tram! All other functions are automatic (such as zones and
>sections!)
>
Are you sure? I got onto the 737 Croydon bus at Glen Waverley stn the other
day and tried to validate my ticket (zone 1+2 monthly) only for the machine
to say "wrong zone". I looked at the driver and he just waved me onboard as
there was quite a long line...
cheers
Johann