Re: Metcard - new message on tickets

["Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>]

The one and only note-accepting machine was out of use at Surrey Hills for
at least one week recently.  Japan has had workable not-accepting machines
since 1980 or earlier, and a Japanese firm is part of the OneLink combine:
surely it could have brought existing expertise with it.
-- 
Regards
Roderick Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

Craig Haber <albatross@harnessnet.com.au> wrote in article 
> Speaking of Metcard, the big (ie, notes and eftpos) machine has been out
> of service for at least 3 weeks now at Rosanna.  It was just switched
> off for some time, then they came and removed all it's insides!  Damn
> thing, and the nearby coin only machine has also been defective
> intermittently.  Really great.....