Re: Met Automated Ticketing
Johann Fan (yags@geocities.com)
Wed, 18 Feb 1998 20:16:30 +1100
Michael Walker wrote in message <34E6DD27.27B1@hotkey.net.au>...
>> I think the initial validation of train tickets is something a lot of
people
>> don't know about, so perhaps more emphasis should be placed on this. I
know it
>> is seen as inconvenient, but the plus of being able to buy tickets from
station
>> TVMs in advance far outweighs it, IMHO. (This should probably be pointed
out to
>> more people too - it would help with the long queues at machines on
weekday
>> mornings if people knew they could buy tomorrow's ticket on the way home
>> tonight.)
>
>At Box Hill and Canterbury, there are frequent announcements over the
>station PA when I have been there about buying tickets in advance and
>only validating them before you travel. They repeat them every couple of
>minutes and they get quite annoying after a while. They also tend to
>obscure other announcements about late running trains and other more
>important information.
Why don't they make the validation announcement after the announcement for
the departure of the next train. Then you would only hear it once, assuming
that you are getting on that train, that is.