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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.

Serial port debugging screen displayed on a Myki reader

Tuesday 3 March 2015 07:28 AM
Viewed 924 times, 7 times this year)

Myki gates go on the fritz at Flagstaff station, as the barrier staff try to fix them

Monday 16 February 2015 08:42 AM
Viewed 817 times, 0 times this year)

Queues form behind the underperforming myki gates at Flagstaff station

Monday 16 February 2015 08:41 AM
Viewed 1026 times
(2 times this week, 1 time this month, 6 times this year)

Out of service myki machine at Ruthven station

Monday 26 January 2015 15:12 PM
Viewed 1214 times
(1 time this week, 2 times this month, 6 times this year)

Glare on the Myki machine screen means this guy has to crouch down to read it

Thursday 22 January 2015 13:07 PM
Viewed 824 times
(2 times this month, 7 times this year)

'Temporarily Unavailable' flags blocking access to a broken Myki reader at Flagstaff station

Friday 12 December 2014 09:03 AM
Viewed 707 times
(1 time this week, 1 time this month, 8 times this year)

'In service. Processing, please wait' message on a myki reader at Flagstaff station

Monday 8 December 2014 08:55 AM
Viewed 911 times
(3 times this month, 5 times this year)

'Gate out of order' message on a myki gate at Footscray station

Tuesday 2 December 2014 19:43 PM
Viewed 1602 times
(3 times this week, 4 times this month, 8 times this year)

Queue of passengers to exit Flagstaff station during morning peak

With the overflow gate closed to passengers because AOs are busy checking tickets

Tuesday 2 December 2014 09:02 AM
Viewed 875 times, 5 times this year)

More graffiti and posted cover the missing myki machine at the Melbourne Central tram stop

Thursday 27 November 2014 17:35 PM
Viewed 931 times
(2 times this month, 7 times this year)

Unwanted myki receipts still pile up at Southern Cross

Friday 21 November 2014 18:14 PM
Viewed 1036 times, 6 times this year)

Broken Myki reader onboard a bus showing a 'Ticket validation disabled' message

Wednesday 5 November 2014 20:01 PM
Viewed 2463 times
(2 times this week, 6 times this month, 21 times this year)

Dud myki reader onboard a tram, displaying 'In service'

Friday 29 August 2014 14:56 PM
Viewed 782 times
(7 times this week, 21 times this month, 30 times this year)

Myki reader onboard a bus displaying 'In service' - possibly due to the driver selecting a new route

Monday 25 August 2014 18:44 PM
Viewed 706 times
(1 time this month, 8 times this year)

Discarded Myki bus top up receipt

Forced to top up thanks to their negative balance - $2.00 added to their card, to take their balance up to $1.16

Monday 25 August 2014 18:44 PM
Viewed 1246 times
(2 times this month, 19 times this year)

Pair of defective myki gates under repair at Flagstaff station

Friday 15 August 2014 17:27 PM
Viewed 772 times
(1 time this week, 3 times this year)

Out of service myki machine at Newmarket station

Wednesday 6 August 2014 07:32 AM
Viewed 1544 times, 12 times this year)

Wide gate at Flagstaff station is broken yet again

With one of the gate paddles flapping around in the breeze

Friday 1 August 2014 08:44 AM
Viewed 747 times
(3 times this month, 11 times this year)

Still 'Temporarily Unavailable' at Flagstaff station - the left paddle flopping halfway out of the gate

Friday 11 July 2014 08:31 AM
Viewed 1040 times
(3 times this week, 3 times this month, 11 times this year)

Looks like the work done yesterday made no difference - only half of the wide gate at Flagstaff station is working!

How many times can one set of myki gates break?

Wednesday 9 July 2014 08:32 AM
Viewed 1122 times
(2 times this week, 3 times this month, 6 times this year)

A second gate is 'Temporarily Unavailable' at Flagstaff station

Tuesday 8 July 2014 08:50 AM
Viewed 984 times
(2 times this week, 2 times this month, 7 times this year)

The almost forgotten 'Ticket validation disabled' message makes an appearance onboard a tram

Monday 7 July 2014 18:14 PM
Viewed 964 times
(1 time this month, 6 times this year)
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Viewed 2210 times (4 times this week, 14 times this month, 374 times this year)