Re: Millennium Metcards (was: [VIC] R.I.P. Metcard Xpress??)

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

It means that the heritage groups will still be fighting for the W class
trams to not be retired in 2999AD =) Just think, 150 years old and still
going strong =)

cheers
Johann

James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> How stupid are the new "Millennium Metcards"? :-) Hovering jet powered W
> class trams!
>
> Vaughan Williams wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
>
>
> --
> - James Brook -
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