Re: Melbourne - Metcard validation before every trip

[glenn@werple.net.au (Glenn Capuano)]

>Is this true?
>
>I had someone try their Weekly like this:
>Validated on Friday to gain entry to Flinders Strees and exited     
>at local station (no barriers, no validation)
>On Sunday when to local station and walked straight on (passed
>validator without validating it.)
>At Flinders Street the barriers let him out.
>
>The way I see it is;
>If you exit a station throught barriers, you can't exit again at
>any station, but this same day time I haven' see yet.
>
>Anyone that uses Monthlies or Weeklies please try thins:
>On day don't validate you ticket until you want to exit at
>a station with barriers.  I think you will still be able to
>get out.

No, this is what doesn't work now. Up to last Tuesday it did, the
machines didn't check whether or not it had been validated that day or
since the last time going out through the barriers. Now they do.

Will they be set up this way when the manned exit is finally closed
and everything is barrier gates? So you could feasibly have a valid
ticket and not be able to get out of the station then. Now, they're
still letting you out (not trying to fine people as far as I could
tell), you just get a lecture at the manned exit.

Glenn