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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.

Middle of morning peak, the Myki gates at Flagstaff station are completely dead

Wednesday 7 November 2012 8:46 AM
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Two weeks after being installed, a technician attends to a defective Myki gate at Flagstaff station

Wednesday 31 October 2012 7:03 AM
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Queues for the Myki machines at Melbourne Central seem to be shorter now

Friday 26 October 2012 5:40 PM
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Bytecraft technician trying to repair faulty Myki barriers at Flagstaff station

Thursday 18 October 2012 5:40 PM
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Myki EFT receipts litter the ground at Flinders Street Station

Wednesday 19 September 2012 5:33 PM
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EFT receipts still getting printed when people don't ask for them

Wednesday 19 September 2012 5:32 PM
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Abandoned Myki EFT receipts still being forgotten all over the network

Wednesday 12 September 2012 4:40 PM
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More abandoned Myki receipts, this time at Footscray

Sunday 2 September 2012 11:06 AM
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Abandoned Myki receipts at Heidelberg station

Sunday 26 August 2012 6:23 PM
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500 metres away from the nearest Myki machine, I find an abandoned receipt in the ballast trackside

Sunday 26 August 2012 1:11 PM
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Myki CVM displaying an 'Out of Service!' message

Wednesday 22 August 2012 5:53 PM
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Some people still don't know to pick up their Myki receipts

Tuesday 21 August 2012 8:56 AM
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Piles of discarded Myki receipts at Flagstaff station

Tuesday 14 August 2012 8:56 AM
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(4 times this week, 4 times this month, 4 times this year)

Queues to exit the concourse towards Swanston Street at Flinders Street Station

Wednesday 8 August 2012 5:14 PM
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(2 times this week, 1 time this month, 2 times this year)

Myki receipts litter the ground at Southern Cross

Wednesday 8 August 2012 3:40 PM
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More discarded Myki EFT receipts litter the ground

Wednesday 8 August 2012 3:39 PM
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Half-dozen forgotten Myki receipts clutter up the slot at the bottom of the machine

The next person to use the machine and take their receipt happened to find a few dollars in change in there!

Friday 3 August 2012 8:59 AM
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What's harder than reading a touchscreen at waist height?

Reading the waist height touchscreen on a Myki machine with the morning sun shining onto it!

Friday 3 August 2012 8:58 AM
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Queue of passengers wanting to top up their Myki at Flinders Street Station

Wednesday 1 August 2012 5:50 PM
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More forgotten receipts litter the ground around a Myki machine

Wednesday 1 August 2012 5:26 PM
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'Out of Service / Error Loading Tariff Data' displayed on a Tram Driver Console

Sunday 29 July 2012 2:57 PM
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(1 time this week, 2 times this month, 41 times this year)

Doing the Myki hunch to read the screen of the ticket machine

Saturday 28 July 2012 4:26 PM
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'Out of service' message on a FPD onboard a bus

Saturday 28 July 2012 11:24 AM
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The standard sized queue for Myki top up at Melbourne Central

Wednesday 4 July 2012 5:19 PM
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