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Myki failures and breakdowns

A galley of the many ways that Melbourne's 'Myki' smartcard ticketing system can let passengers down.

Another 'In service' Myki reader onboard a tram

Wednesday 31 July 2013 18:08 PM
Viewed 919 times, 31 times this year)

In service Tram Driver Console, the driver having logged on

The message says 'Presenting different staff access card will forcibly log off'

Wednesday 31 July 2013 07:03 AM
Viewed 1069 times
(4 times this month, 51 times this year)

'Out of order' - at least this time the message is accurate!

Wednesday 31 July 2013 06:59 AM
Viewed 1159 times
(2 times this month, 56 times this year)

Another dead Myki reader displaying a stack trace

Tuesday 30 July 2013 13:59 PM
Viewed 861 times, 26 times this year)

Another 'In service' Myki reader onboard a tram

Tuesday 30 July 2013 08:29 AM
Viewed 1244 times
(1 time this month, 47 times this year)

Time for a free tram ride - every single Myki reader stuck on the 'In service' error message

Saturday 27 July 2013 23:40 PM
Viewed 1197 times
(3 times this month, 50 times this year)

A new style of Myki error message 'Updating... Please use another myki reader'

This reader was stuck doing it for the entire tram journey

Saturday 27 July 2013 16:00 PM
Viewed 1106 times, 51 times this year)

Myki gate with a defective FPD, but the green arrow incorrectly displaying the 'proceed' arrow

Saturday 27 July 2013 13:05 PM
Viewed 875 times
(1 time this month, 28 times this year)

Out of service myki gate on the country platforms at Southern Cross

Saturday 27 July 2013 13:05 PM
Viewed 803 times, 22 times this year)

Myki reader on a Combino tram stuck showing a stack trace message

Saturday 27 July 2013 09:54 AM
Viewed 913 times
(2 times this month, 27 times this year)

Myki reader on a Combino tram stuck on the 'In service' error message

Saturday 27 July 2013 09:50 AM
Viewed 1088 times
(2 times this month, 36 times this year)

Yet another tram Myki reader stuck displaying a stack trace

Issues calling the open source 'log4net' logging framework

Saturday 20 July 2013 23:51 PM
Viewed 1022 times, 148 times this year)

Out of service Myki machine at the Flinders Street Station main entrance

Tuesday 16 July 2013 14:32 PM
Viewed 1507 times, 34 times this year)

And yet another tram myki reader stuck on the 'In service' message

Wednesday 10 July 2013 17:54 PM
Viewed 889 times
(1 time this month, 26 times this year)

Myki gate with the paddles stuck open, the reader displaying a 'gate out of order' message

Wednesday 10 July 2013 15:52 PM
Viewed 890 times
(1 time this month, 27 times this year)

More passengers confused by the proceed arrow and disabled validator combination

Thursday 4 July 2013 17:57 PM
Viewed 1212 times, 44 times this year)

Passengers confused by the proceed arrow and disabled validator combination

Thursday 4 July 2013 17:55 PM
Viewed 803 times, 27 times this year)

'Validator disabled. Direction blocked' message incorrectly displayed with a green 'proceed' arrow

Thursday 4 July 2013 17:55 PM
Viewed 1267 times, 49 times this year)

Every FPD onboard this tram simultaneously entering the 'In service' mode

Tuesday 2 July 2013 17:42 PM
Viewed 839 times, 33 times this year)

Unwanted Myki receipts litter the ground below the ticket machine at South Kensington

Saturday 29 June 2013 11:27 AM
Viewed 1250 times
(2 times this month, 54 times this year)

Broken Myki reader stuck on the less common 'hourglass' screen

Friday 28 June 2013 18:19 PM
Viewed 1000 times, 44 times this year)

Yet another dead Myki reader, stuck showing a stack trace

Wednesday 26 June 2013 17:48 PM
Viewed 957 times, 42 times this year)

Myki FPD missing from the mounting plate onboard a tram

Power and data cables hanging loose

Friday 21 June 2013 18:45 PM
Viewed 4976 times
(5 times this month, 105 times this year)
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