Saturday, July 18, 2009

Punish the good, reward the bad

Sydney CityRail ticketing system. Some stations do not have automatic ticket readers. Where I normally catch my train to work is one of them. What's the issue? If you normally buy weekly tickets, it can happen that you forget that your ticket has expired. So there you are travelling happily on the train without realising what is going to happen when you are about to pass the exit reader in a CBD station. Talk to a station attendant and you'll likely to get a fine.
See, if they had installed a reader on every station, you would have to present your ticket on entry. If your weekly ticket has expired, not a problem, just buy a new one.

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