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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.

Queue of V/Line passengers topping up their myki at Southern Cross Station

Monday 5 February 2018 5:23 PM
Viewed 579 times, 4 times this year)

Vix technician works on a set of myki gates at Southern Cross Station

Tuesday 12 December 2017 8:57 AM
Viewed 771 times
(1 time this week, 1 time this month, 23 times this year)

'Please touch again' message from a flaky myki reader

Tuesday 14 November 2017 8:45 AM
Viewed 725 times
(1 time this week, 1 time this month, 27 times this year)

'Standing up' message displayed on a defective myki reader

Friday 3 November 2017 1:24 PM
Viewed 640 times, 13 times this year)

Confused passenger tries to touch on their myki using the staff-only Gate Attendant Control device

Monday 18 September 2017 6:15 PM
Viewed 659 times, 31 times this year)

Repairing a defective myki gate at Sunshine station

Friday 15 September 2017 6:02 PM
Viewed 566 times
(1 time this week, 2 times this month, 16 times this year)

'Ticket validation disabled' displayed on a Vix myki reader onboard an E class tram

Friday 11 August 2017 10:13 AM
Viewed 1244 times
(3 times this week, 6 times this month, 56 times this year)

Pile of unwanted myki receipts continue to accumulate

Monday 7 August 2017 9:03 AM
Viewed 553 times
(1 time this month, 17 times this year)

Broken myki gate at Southern Cross Station

Monday 31 July 2017 8:53 AM
Viewed 511 times
(2 times this week, 2 times this month, 21 times this year)

'Out of order' message displayed on a Vix myki reader onboard an E class tram

Friday 28 July 2017 12:50 PM
Viewed 814 times, 25 times this year)

Vix technician repairs a defective myki reader at Southern Cross Station

Friday 7 July 2017 11:51 AM
Viewed 557 times
(1 time this month, 15 times this year)

Tram stop littered with unwanted myki receipts

Tuesday 16 May 2017 4:56 PM
Viewed 644 times
(1 time this month, 27 times this year)

Long queue of waiting passengers for the myki machines at Southern Cross Station

Wednesday 19 April 2017 5:49 PM
Viewed 738 times
(1 time this week, 1 time this month, 33 times this year)

'In service. Processing, please wait' message on a myki reader onboard a tram

Tuesday 11 April 2017 12:09 PM
Viewed 700 times
(2 times this week, 2 times this month, 2 times this year)

Vix technician fixing a defective set of myki gates at Southern Cross Station

Tuesday 28 February 2017 8:56 AM
Viewed 607 times
(2 times this month, 2 times this year)

Vix technician works on a defective myki machine at Southern Cross Station

Monday 27 February 2017 12:37 PM
Viewed 871 times
(3 times this week, 3 times this month, 4 times this year)

Repairing a defective myki gate at Sunshine station

Friday 10 February 2017 6:21 PM
Viewed 704 times
(1 time this week, 1 time this month, 2 times this year)

Defective Myki QT device out of service at Parliament station

Friday 3 February 2017 11:28 AM
Viewed 669 times
(2 times this month, 2 times this year)

Vix technician works on a defective myki machine at Flagstaff station

Thursday 19 January 2017 5:45 PM
Viewed 771 times, 3 times this year)

Railway station myki reader with the display image skewing

Tuesday 10 January 2017 7:46 AM
Viewed 768 times, 1 time this year)

'Ticket validation disabled' message display on a myki reader onboard a route 30 tram

The bulk of the route is in the free tram zone, so presumably the tram driver doesn't bother logging into the Myki system

Tuesday 3 January 2017 5:36 PM
Viewed 3564 times
(6 times this week, 24 times this month, 28 times this year)

Defective Vix myki reader onboard an E class tram

Friday 9 December 2016 8:13 PM
Viewed 1202 times
(1 time this week, 2 times this month, 4 times this year)

Out of order myki reader onboard a C class tram

Tuesday 15 November 2016 8:59 AM
Viewed 612 times
(2 times this week, 2 times this month, 3 times this year)

Four myki machines at Southern Cross, and no queues in morning peak

Friday 26 August 2016 8:25 AM
Viewed 686 times
(1 time this month, 1 time this year)
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Viewed 2439 times (2 times this week, 1 time this month, 159 times this year)