Re: New Tickets for Bayside Trains

["Johann Fan" <jyf@optusnet.com.au>]

Paul Dwerryhouse <paul@xenu.ee.mu.oz.au> wrote in message
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> "John Wayman" <trecker@bigpond.com> writes:
>
> >This just another customer loyalty plan. Instead of splitting revenue
50 -
> >50 with Hillside, just charge 75% and pocket the extra cash. Customer
happy
> >and operator happy.
>
> Except the ticket "zoning" is split along arbitrarily stupid lines - ie,
> those which Bayside "own", as opposed the "real" Zone 1.

I just thought of something which may throw a spanner into the works.
Bayside owns Parliament, Melbourne Central and Flagstaff

Who owns Flinders and Spencer street Stations? Hillybilly
So the gates will reject your ticket as it is not valid?? :(

> "Customer Loyalty" is another furfy - if I live on a Bayside Trains
railway
> line, how can I possibly be "loyal" to anyone else?
>
> One system, one ticket. Or preferably none.
>
> ...Paul.  [And before anyone asks - I never liked the idea of the National
> Bus company to be selling their own tickets, either].
>
>
> --
> Paul Dwerryhouse
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