Myki #2

Thank-you, RATLSNAKE.  Any other bright ideas, sweetheart?

So, your solution is to basically make a miserable day for some poor underpaid receptionist or security guard at a city office block because you're too damn stupid to figure out how to use a card that's been going for how many months now.

Yeah that was exactly it, take a page straight out of "Natural Born Killers".  

I keep forgetting that sarcasm needs to be pointed out constantly at this site.

Not to mention everything you pointed out means you missed my point.

I'll refrain from being silly once in a while, to avoid any confusion in the future.

The last question asked in Parliament this year was about Myki.

http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/question-time-gaffe-bad-omen-for-brumby-20101007-169k8.html

It would be nice for once if the people who have to do the enforcing were told before the media that they will be doing the enforcing and not have to find out about from the newspapers. If I ever lose my authority, I'm sure it will be in the papers before I'm told.

Our HHD's are still not up to scratch, they may have upgraded the software  but they've done nothing about the battery life.

When will all buses have there myki equipment installed?

I'd like to know when the CVMs on the Stony Point line will be able to sell short term tickets.

When the rest of them will.

As I understand it, myki machines will issue short term tickets once the booking offices can. The rollout for the booking office ticket office terminals is slated for week one Februaru 2011.

However, the rollout will start on the Williamstown line, AFAIK, and proceed clockwise around the network map. My supposition is Stony Point will happen when the Frankston line gets done.

And it's the most clockwise Melbourne line there is.

Exactly

So, not soon. Best part of another full year I reckon.

Enjoy the free rides until then!

Real Myki gates going in at southern end of Parliament Station, and (heard but not verified) Collins St end of Southern Cross. Initially for testing; don't rush down there expecting to have a go of them just yet.

Daniel

No truth to the Southern Cross rumour as far as I know. The Parliament ones will be tested for a number of weeks before they move onto other stations.

I popped down at lunchtime - they look really good.  

I'm sure someone will post when they are available for use by customers.

Also worth noting that they have installed the GAC (gate access controller I think it stands for). This gives the gate attendant more information.

Good to see my ranting pays off... Can't believe some fool made a group on facebook suggesting otherwise.

Yep. Informant was mistaken (and it didn't tally in with what TTA said).

Looks like it's Gate Attendant Control

Myki equipment posterBy PTUA on Flickr

Daniel

Ah yes. I've been calling it a GAC for so long I forgot what the TLA stood for.  

I meant to post this the otherday...

I recently observed an afternoon peak train dump 200~300 passengers at Werribee of which about 30 I saw touch off.

The set-up at Werribee has always cleared very slowly because of the design of the ramp.

Having observed a similar number of people exiting pre-myki and post-myki, I would say the time it takes to clear the people has not changed, due to the speed at which people have to walk past the readers.

The above in short? Myki does not slow down people exiting the station.

I'm told these are now live.

Daniel

Just used them. Touch off like the standard readers, yellow light goes on, gates open reasonably quickly.

A Metro staffed and two myki mates were on duty

Isn't the Sandringham line more clockwise than Frankston ?

Yes, the Sandringham line is further clockwise than the Frankston or Stony Point line.

If they were to work clockwise starting at the Williamstown line, the Frankston line would be second-last. They could also do an electrified lines pass clockwise starting from Williamstown and do the non-electrified Metlink lines after the electrified ones.

As I walked past this morning, the orange fencing was gone, but I saw a "closed" sign on the Myki barrier.

I popped down at lunchtime - all working correctly. As has been noted, they are under test at the moment. Considering the public testing only started yesterday at 4pm, then it is all going pretty well.

yay! finally!

Does anybody have any pics?

Vicsig.

I've started using myki regularly over metcard now, but being primarily a tram user i'm having trouble accessing enough top-up facilities - i don't often pass a train station nor do i particularly want to use the internet with the delay between money spent and actually hitting the card. How long before myki machines are rolled out on trams and retail stores?  A couple of work colleagues who mainly catch the tram too are now beginning to find the lack of top up availability the problem, not the actual myki scanning on/off itself....