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

["John Wayman" <trecker@optusnet.com.au>]

Enterprising students will simply corrupt the magnetic strip on these
tickets so they don't have to use the validators.

A feature of the Metcard system is that it is okay to travel with a Metcard
ticket that is rejected by ticket validating  machines, provided that the
expiry date is legible!

Cheers
John Wayman

"Alex Bunn" <hockeyone@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all again
> I think this news is actually good
> 1. Becasue i am one of the thousands of school kids at South Yarra trying
to
> plough through on open gate.
> 2. It means that people are still working on the machines and are still
> trying to set them right  (although it seems unlikely to happen)
>
> From Alex Bunn
>
>
> Sam Eades <eadess@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> 385DA46C.8703854C@yahoo.com">news:385DA46C.8703854C@yahoo.com...
> > 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
>
>