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Re: Metcard

Hi all,
I was talking to a conductor on the 96 St. Kilda Beach line today and he
told me that when they go hosting on 109/48 trams, they are to tell people
that the reason the machines don't accept notes is a political decision...
Can this be true????
cheers
Johann

Chris Gordon wrote in message <34F94DBC.640FD556@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au>...
>I found an article on Metcard in Express (The Met thing) from 1994.  This
was
>just before the trials of Metcard.  They called the process:
>Buy, Check-in, Travel....  There is a lot more interesting things.  But the
>'Check-in' is a good one.  The other important point was the machines on
the
>stations would expect all plastic banknotes.  This was before the $50 and
$100
>came, so that is why it only expects $5, $10 and $20.
>
>
>--
>
>
>Chris Gordon
>cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au
>http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/~cmgord