Re: Melb's stuffed ATMs

[paul@xenu.ee.mu.oz.au (Paul Dwerryhouse)]

"Mike" <malex@bigfoot.com> writes:

>So, apart from having to show it on the way _on_ to the train at where ever
>you start from, it is exactly the same. And, I really think that that the
>one extra validation at the station on the way on is not too much of an
>imposition. On your trip back home, the number of "wallet removes" would be
>exactly the same, as you have always had to show a ticket to get in to
>Flinders St. It doesn't seem unreasonable to have to show someone/something
>that you have a valid ticket before travelling.

It will be an absolute pain in the you-know-what (I'm still on paper tickets,
fortunately, and will remain so as long as I possibly can, hopefully until
introduction of the smardcard).

Previously you could just wave the ticket at the inspectors.

Now you have to: stop; aim ticket at validator; collect ticket from validator;
move forward through very narrow opening. Combine this with the tens 
(hundreds?) of other people in front of you and it makes for a _very_ slow
system.

And it is. The queues yesterday at the MetCard-only outlets at Flinders St
(about 1pm) were absolutely shocking. Meanwhile, I walked straight through
a non-Metcard gateway in a matter of seconds.

Paul


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