[LINK] more myki woes

[Jan Whitaker]

At 11:37 PM 26/12/2009, Peter Bowditch wrote:
>It was obtained by pressing a single button on the ticket machine and cost
>$2.50. It is available to pensioners, holders of a senior's card and also
>people on certain welfare benefits.
>
>It seems we already have an integrated transport ticketing system, but
>only certain tickets work on it.

Melbourne metro is the same, and even farther out in some 
circumstances (Stony Point line down the Mornington Peninsula for 
one). I don't think VicRail tickets cross over to Met because they 
are different companies, but all Met services [train, bus, tram] are 
included for a day pass of full fare just over $10. Discounted 
tickets are available for those groups you mention, of I think $3 
now. They went up last year.

The problem is that we have two zones still. We used to have three, 
but that changed last year I think. I was in zone 3, so it used to 
cost me quite a bit more. Now I pay about 30% more than the inner 
areas of zone 1 unless I stay in zone 2. I don't think Myki is doing 
away with the zones.

Jan



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