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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.

'Through a gated station'

Animated Myki message at Southern Cross Station

Monday 16 April 2012 9:01 AM
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'Simply Touch. Hold. Go.'

Animated Myki message at Southern Cross Station

Monday 16 April 2012 9:01 AM
Viewed 1503 times
(1 time this month, 2 times this year)

'Don't wave'

Animated Myki message at Southern Cross Station

Monday 16 April 2012 9:01 AM
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'Don't swipe'

Animated Myki message at Southern Cross Station

Monday 16 April 2012 9:01 AM
Viewed 1690 times
(1 time this month, 2 times this year)

Animated Myki message on rotation on the Southern Cross Station advertising panel

'Touch your Myki to the centre of the reader'

Monday 16 April 2012 8:58 AM
Viewed 1953 times
(1 time this week, 1 time this month, 2 times this year)

Myki history displayed on a CVM, the 10 history items are all titled 'Travel'. Real useful guys!

If these dimwits ran a supermarket your receipt would say 'Food' 15 times.

Saturday 14 April 2012 7:56 AM
Viewed 1744 times
(4 times this week, 5 times this month, 7 times this year)

'NOT IN USE' sticker on a Metcard MVM2 machine

Friday 13 April 2012 9:02 PM
Viewed 1345 times
(2 times this week, 6 times this month, 7 times this year)

The signal has cleared for the next train, but the Myki queue hasn't

Wednesday 11 April 2012 5:55 PM
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The train has departed Newmarket station, but the queue remains

Wednesday 11 April 2012 5:54 PM
Viewed 1581 times
(2 times this month, 2 times this year)

Queue of Myki users blocking the single exit at Newmarket station

Wednesday 11 April 2012 5:54 PM
Viewed 1496 times
(1 time this month, 1 time this year)

'No comms for 7 days' error message on a Tram Driver Console

Tuesday 10 April 2012 9:06 PM
Viewed 1656 times
(3 times this month, 6 times this year)

'Out of service' message on a Tram Driver Console

Due to an incorrect SD card being inserted into the unit.

Saturday 7 April 2012 9:23 PM
Viewed 1786 times
(3 times this month, 3 times this year)

Queue for the Myki ticket machine, none for the Metcard equivalent

Tuesday 3 April 2012 6:23 PM
Viewed 2146 times
(4 times this month, 4 times this year)

Queue to buy Metcards at the north end of Parliament station

Monday 26 March 2012 5:55 PM
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These queues to touch off on exit are getting ridiculous

Tuesday 13 March 2012 5:59 PM
Viewed 1649 times
(1 time this month, 2 times this year)

Queue of passengers for the Myki CVMs at the main entrance of Flinders Street Station

Friday 9 March 2012 5:51 PM
Viewed 1115 times
(1 time this month, 1 time this year)

Myki Tram Driver Console showing an 'out of service' message

Running 'Melbourne Installation Manager' version 3.4.3587.19941

Friday 9 March 2012 5:33 PM
Viewed 1551 times
(1 time this week, 2 times this month, 3 times this year)

What a joke - it's 9pm at night and you still need to queue to touch off?

Wednesday 7 March 2012 8:59 PM
Viewed 1498 times
(1 time this month, 1 time this year)

'Everyone do the Myki hunch'

It's the only way for a person of average height to read the screen of a CVM when topping up their Myki

Tuesday 7 February 2012 1:31 PM
Viewed 1810 times
(1 time this month, 1 time this year)

Error message on a Myki tram driver console: 'No or invalid application config. Please contact operator'

Saturday 21 January 2012 12:52 AM
Viewed 1869 times
(1 time this month, 1 time this year)

Can *you* read what this CVM screen says? I can't!

Friday 30 December 2011 3:38 PM
Viewed 1412 times, 0 times this year)

New Myki barriers in place at Southern Cross, but not in use

Monday 26 September 2011 8:44 AM
Viewed 1344 times
(1 time this week, 4 times this month, 4 times this year)

New Myki barriers in place at Southern Cross, but not in use

Monday 26 September 2011 8:44 AM
Viewed 1372 times
(1 time this week, 4 times this month, 4 times this year)

A clean looking FPD at Corio: too bad it is the only unit, and it is stuck in 'Administrative Lock' mode

Tuesday 16 November 2010 1:17 PM
Viewed 1426 times
(3 times this month, 3 times this year)
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