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Re: Plastic Metcard Weekly Ticket

To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
Subject: Re: Plastic Metcard Weekly Ticket
From: "Johann Fan" <xyags@NOSPAM.geocities.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 19:23:57 +1000
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: The Internet Group Ltd
References: <uesHkY1i9GA.235@upnetnews05> <6kr3dq$ibv$1@toto.tig.com.au> <01bd928c$909c96e0$3f2d11cb@rodsmith>


Roderick Smith wrote in message <01bd928c$909c96e0$3f2d11cb@rodsmith>...
>Hong Kong uses plastic for *all* tickets, but this is in a high-density
>closed environment.  All tickets are passed through barriers for both entry
>and exit everywhere, and are retained (for recycling) on expiry.


That is because the Hong Kong system is trip based, the tickets can be
reused (recharged) and resold... thats not possible with time based
systems... (smartcards that will never arrive excepted =P )

cheers
Johann

References:
- Re: Plastic Metcard Weekly Ticket
  - From: "Johann Fan" <xyags@NOSPAM.geocities.com>
- Re: Plastic Metcard Weekly Ticket
  - From: "Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>

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