Re: Melb's stuffed ATMs

[Chris Gordon <c.gordon@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au>]

Mick Stock wrote:
> 
> Going home from work at about 7:20 this morning, I noticed that the ticket
> validators at East Ringwood were out of service.  I didn't take any
> noticed whether or not the ATMs were working, but no-one went near them,
> even though the station was unmanned.
> 
> It'd be intereesting to see what the R.P.Os would try to do to a passenger
> with an unvalidated Metcard in this situation...
> 
> Mick.

At Hertherdale in the morning a lot of people buy their tickets and walk
straight on to the platform.  The biggest problem is people currently are
trained that you buy your ticket at the station and get on the train.  This is
for paper tickets.  Now they have to be re-trained to valadate it each morning.  

Chris Gordon
cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au
http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/~cmgord