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Re: Melb's stuffed ATMs
Paul Dwerryhouse wrote:
> [snip]
> 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.
Just wait when you are behind a family who is using the MetCard Family
Get-A-Bout ticket. You will soon notice that the barrier gates don't
open long enough to allow the whole family to go through in "one-go".
Here at Glenferrie, during Melbourne Show last year, we have witnessed a
few problems with that type of ticket. In most cases, the same ticket
have to be passed "back and forth" through the same barrier validator a
number of times until everyone in the group is through. I just can't
wait to see this happening at Flinders Street.
I.C.
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