Re: [Melb] Prizes for Validating Metcards

[Railvic <railvic@primus.com.au>]

John Wayman wrote:

> I watched many "clients/passengers" entering Flinders Street Station who
> showed their previously validated Metcard to Hillside staff at a manned
> barrier as they entered.
>
> As these "clients" did not revalidate  their Metcards, are these people
> criminals and/or are the staff criminally negligent in allowing this to
> happen?

Although revalidation of Metcards are encouraged, but there are times when:

*  Tickets that have been folded, or slight damaged by customer;

*  A customer is using several tickets for the journey (ie. travelling from
zone 3 to zone 1 and using a separate zone 3 and zone 1+2 tickets) and it is
not possible to revalidation of a ticket that does not cover the zone the
barrier gate is in;

*  A periodical ticket (ie. weekly or monthly) when the paper start to wear;

*  The ticket has been rejected because it has not been revalidated at
origin station.

Railvic