-- Ken ChapmanMichael Walker <walker@hotkey.net.au> wrote in article <34E6D961.2720@hotkey.net.au>... > > 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. >