Re: Metcard Validation

[dbowen@custard.net.#SPAMTRAP#.au (Daniel Bowen)]

cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au (Christopher_Martin GORDON) wrote:
>I rang the PTC and this is how it goes:
>To be on PTC propity you need a Valid ticket.  A valid ticket is one wit
>an expiry date.  (and correct zone, concession etc..)  So once you have
>validated you metcard once (ie has expiry date) then you don't need to
>validate it again.  The person I talked to refused to tell me why you need
>to validate your ticket at stations with out barriers.  The only reason at
>stations with barriers is to open them.

There's one benefit to the user that I can think of. If you have a two hour
ticket, you can travel on it beyond the expiry time as long as you enter the
station (or tram or bus) *before* the expiry time... eg if you enter Flinders
Street with a zone 1,2,3 two hour ticket 5 minutes before it expires, you can
travel to Frankston on it.

Validating at the point of entry means you have proof that you entered the fare
paid zone legally, before the expiry time. (Of course, the onus may be on them
to prove that you didn't... I don't know.)


Daniel
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