Re: [VIC] R.I.P. Metcard Xpress??

[Vaughan Williams <ender2000@my-deja.com>]

Oh dear.
Presumably they'll be like a thin version of an ATM card.

I hope that sometime soon, somebody realises what an unmitigated
disaster Metcard has been and abandons it. Tinkering isn't going to cut
it. The system has such a bad name that its not worth trying to rescue
it.

Pity about the $330m plus of taxpayer funds poured into it. how many
conductors and station staff would that have paid for? How many of the
fool proof paper tickets?

In article <385DA46C.8703854C@yahoo.com>,
  Sam Eades <eadess@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Received a buletin at work this week reguarding next year's Yearly
> tickets and Student passes:
>
> "As of the 1 January (sic) 2000, new issues of the Yearly Full Fare
> tickets will be issued as Metcards." It goes on to say theat theses
> tickets will have magnetic stripes as regular Metcards do and will
need
> to be validated every trip.
>
> The new Yearly Metcards will be made from a material called Triplex
> which is a piece of plastic sandwiched between two layers of board.
(So
> they don't fall apart when you leave them in your pocket and they go
> through the washing machine!!)
>
> They will still require a photo ID with the ticket. I have seen
pictures
> of these tickets. It is just a Metcard with "YEARLY 2000" written on
the
> coloured side, with some patterns.
> The student passes will be identical, except that they will
say "STUDENT
> 2000"
>
> So, what has become of Metcard Xpress? Has it been a total failure, as
> is the E-Tag system (in many ways it was an E-Tag for a person!!), or
> has it just been put off for another year??
>
> Sam Eades
>


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