Re: Met Automated Ticketing
Michael Walker (walker@hotkey.net.au)
Mon, 16 Feb 1998 21:01:31 +1100
> Also on the design of the machine. When standing close to the machine you can't
> tell where the ticket comes from, the money goes. I noticed they have stickers
> on some big machines next to the Card slot saying "No Coins Here". They should
> have also made the machine buttons of the stations. ie in Zone 3 have on zone 1
> only or zone 2 only or zone 1+2 only. Instead you get "Zone not available" and
> on zone 1 machines remove the "off peek saver"
>
What about the situation where you want to top up a ticket for a one off
journey. eg I live in Zone 2 and once in a blue moon catch the train to
Dandenong to visit some friends in Doveton. As I buy a monthly Zone 1&2
(or Zone 2 now) ticket, when I visit them I buy a Zone 3 2hr ticket from
the booking office at Flinders Street as I have already paid for travel
in Zones 1&2 on my monthly. Does this mean the 'even more convenient
than human ticket seller' machines won't let me do this and instead
force me to either travel illegally or pay yet again for the privilege
of travelling in Zones I have already paid for?
Sounds like I might be driving to Dandenong instead if this is the
case.