Re: New logic on Metcard

[arthur marsh <marsh@ties.itu.int>]

See my previous message. Adelaide tickets must be validated for each
journey, but that only irritates those who take a train that goes into
Adelaide and out to a different location, as a train changing direction is
counted as a separate journey.

The present ticket stock seems to be of quite decent quality and I haven't
had a ticket go bad on me in several years. Occasionally the validators
will swallow tickets, but Trans Adelaide are understanding of the
situation and take quick action to take the faulty validator out of
service and get it replaced.

On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Bill Bolton wrote:

> "David Proctor" <daproc@spam_this.umpires.com> wrote:
> 
> > It does when people are claiming to have constant troubles, and I did not
> > experience a single problem in an entire fortnight.
> 
> You're lucky..... I saw a lots of problems with the on vehicle
> validators over a similar period during a recent visit to Melbourne.
> 
> > And I do not think Sydney people are quite as 'precious' as Melbourne
> > people, who seem to be philosophically opposed to doing what has to be done
> > in Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, most of the United States, most of Europe.
> 
> Sigh.  Lets go over this again.
> 
> The Sydney ticketing basis is quiet different to that in Melbourne.
> Ignoring multiple-day periodical tickets, Melbourne tickets are
> primarly valid for a duration, irrespective of the trips involved,
> while Sydney tickets are primarily valid for a single vehicle trip,
> irrespective of duration involved.
> 
> The ticketing systems are driven by different imperatives, have
> different histories,  different performance expectations and
> maintenance standards (or lack thereof).
> 
> The Melbourne ticketing system is simply not very reliable when it
> comes to validating tickets, it fails far too often, is not backed up
> with enough random inspections and does not involve the drivers in any
> meanigful way. It definitely shouldn't be directly compared to the
> Brisbane or Sydney ticketing systems, and from what I know of overseas
> system probably not to them either.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
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