Re: Plastic versus Paper Magnetic Stripe Tickets

["Johann Fan" <yagsX@geocities.com>]

John Wayman wrote in message ...
>Is there much difference in the cost of a magnetic stripe ticket compared
to
>paper magnetic stripe tickets such as Metcard?

>
>Is there a difference in the technology?
>
>Why can't the Met or One Link develop a plastic version of Metcard for
>Weekly, Monthly and Yearly Tickets, or is this too hard and outside the
>scope of the Metcard deal?


The cost wouldn't be a lot more I don't think... printing the expiry date
would be a much greater problem for plastic :(

cheers
Johann