> 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.
I rang the information line, and I pulled the "poor tourist" line to get
help with this, as I wanted to go to Belgrave, and I had a Zone 1 weekly. I
was told to pay at the other end - I made sure I got her name though.
-- RegardsDavid Proctor daproc@bigfoot.com