Isn't this a circular argument? ie, In order to exit if you have
forgotten to validate your ticket, you need to exit, put it in the
entrance unit, then put it in the exit unit.
> >
> > What about those travelling in Zone 1 who forget to validate at the
> > station but who are more than happy to validate on the way out? This
> > happened to me on Thursday when I caught the train from East Camberwell
> > as I am not used to validating Metcards living as I do in an area not
> > due to go online until this Friday. (so my local paper tells me:
> > Hurstbridge and Wattle Glen tomorrow followed by two more stations every
> > two weekdays until the system is online to Rosanna.) I tried to exit the
> > gate at Flinders Street and it kept telling me 'Invalid ticket'. I
> > eventually snuck out the wide gate without validating, even though I
> > wanted to. Perhaps they could put validators on trains like they do on
> > buses and trams for dills like me who want to do the right thing but
> > until they are used to the system will sometimes forget. They would also
> > be good for if the single validator at many of the stations packs it in
> > as people can still validate their ticket.
> >
> > Also, what is supposed to happen at present if you are travelling on a
> > tram where the validators aren't on but you travel on a Metcard line and
> > can only purchase Metcards. This would be a regular situation I imagine
> > for many city travellers trying to get home to a Metcard area with a 2hr
> > ticket purchased in advance from a ticket machine. Would they be forced
> > to buy a non-Metcard ticket by the conductor or be allowed to travel to
> > their city station to validate it at the gates there. Again, this
> > happened to me on Thursday on my still unvalidated ticket. In my case,
> > the conductress couldn't move up the crowded tram so I was never asked,
> > but I would be interested to know what the 'official' view is.
> >
> The official view is the METCARD is OK as long as it has the correct
> printing on the back.
> >
This is correct but what my question related more to is:
what if you have prepurchased some Metcards from your local station,
travelled to work on a 2hr ticket, then used your second still
unvalidated 2hr ticket to catch the non-Metcard tram to the station to
catch the train home to your Metcard area. This question isn't as
pedantic as it sounds as you may be leaving the city to a different
destination as you went to the city from (eg I might catch the train
from Greensborough, Zone 2 but catch the train back to Preston in the
evening and get a ride home with my mother who works there. Therefore,
2x2hr tickets for different zones would be cheaper.) Or there is a
chance I might get a ride home with a fellow employee therefore I would
purchase 2x2hr tickets in case it fell through and I would have a spare
to get home again.
As another issue I just thought of, will the PTC still offer 2hr
tickets with a 10% discount if bought in bulk as they did with scratch
tickets?