Re: Trip to Melbourne

Chris Gordon (c.gordon@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au)
Wed, 11 Feb 1998 23:25:31 +1100

John Dennis wrote:
>
> >>Related to this point, but off the topic of Melbourne,
> >>what do you do in Sydney when a vending machine goes into
> >>"exact far only" mode.
> >>
> >>If you have legal tender, but not the exact fare then the
> >>machine won't issue a ticket. Can you board a train anyway?
> >>
> >Or even better, when they say - "Exact Fare Only - No Coins"!
> >
> >I had some correspondence with Cityrail on this point when the ticket
> >machines first came out and never got any real answer.
> >
> >I think that the answer is yes, they will fine you - the government
> >needs the money. However if you take it to court, they *may* back
> >down to avoid the publicity.
>
> If the machines (in either city) are in "Exact Fare" mode, do they
> mean exactly what they say. For example, if I board a tram with a $2
> coin and a 50c piece, only to find the machine is out of change, will
> it still sell me a $2.20 ticket if I put in $2.50 - without any change
> obviously - or will it only accept coins to the value of $2.20?
>
> Cheers...JD
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I have one of the auto tickets from Sydney when they first came out. On the
back it says:
"CityRail's new ticketing system will give you:
* Ticket purchases at any time on any day.
* Ticket machines that give change."

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Chris Gordon
cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au
http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/~cmgord