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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.

Out of service myki machine at Newmarket station

Wednesday 6 August 2014 7:32 AM
Viewed 1568 times, 0 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 8:44 AM
Viewed 813 times
(3 times this week, 3 times this month, 5 times this year)

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

Friday 11 July 2014 8:31 AM
Viewed 1077 times
(1 time this week, 2 times this month, 2 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 8:32 AM
Viewed 1157 times, 2 times this year)

A second gate is 'Temporarily Unavailable' at Flagstaff station

Tuesday 8 July 2014 8:50 AM
Viewed 1029 times, 7 times this year)

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

Monday 7 July 2014 6:14 PM
Viewed 996 times, 3 times this year)

'Temporarily Unavailable' yet again - wide gate at Flagstaff station

Monday 7 July 2014 8:46 AM
Viewed 1085 times, 3 times this year)

Wide gate at Flagstaff station 'Temporarily Unavailable' for morning peak

Thursday 3 July 2014 8:27 AM
Viewed 1223 times, 1 time this year)

More discarded Myki receipts

Friday 30 May 2014 2:18 PM
Viewed 869 times, 1 time this year)

Still more discarded Myki receipts, this time down at Docklands

Friday 30 May 2014 2:18 PM
Viewed 944 times
(1 time this week, 2 times this month, 2 times this year)

Discarded receipts beneath a Myki machine

Friday 30 May 2014 1:34 PM
Viewed 798 times, 2 times this year)

All Myki equipment dead at Newmarket station, so Authorised Officers are touching on myki cards with handheld readers

Monday 26 May 2014 8:30 AM
Viewed 1156 times
(1 time this week, 1 time this month, 1 time this year)

All Myki equipment dead at Newmarket station, presumably because construction workers messed with the power supply

Monday 26 May 2014 8:30 AM
Viewed 844 times
(1 time this week, 2 times this month, 6 times this year)

Collection of unwanted myki receipts at Southern Cross Station

Friday 23 May 2014 5:42 PM
Viewed 824 times
(1 time this month, 1 time this year)

Out of service Myki machine at Newmarket station

Thursday 22 May 2014 8:26 AM
Viewed 899 times
(1 time this week, 1 time this month, 1 time this year)

Broken barrier paddles on the wide gates at Southern Cross Station

Monday 19 May 2014 8:47 AM
Viewed 812 times
(1 time this week, 1 time this month, 2 times this year)

Out of service Myki machine at the Southern Cross Station tram stop

Thursday 15 May 2014 8:39 AM
Viewed 739 times, 0 times this year)

With only one Myki reader working, it's a long line to get out of platform 1 and 2 at Southern Cross

Monday 12 May 2014 8:41 AM
Viewed 770 times
(1 time this week, 1 time this month, 2 times this year)

Another 'Temporarily Unavailable' flag deployed to a broken set of Myki gates at Flagstaff station

Thursday 8 May 2014 8:52 AM
Viewed 1091 times
(4 times this month, 4 times this year)

Dead myki reader stuck on the 'Starting up' screen

Thursday 1 May 2014 8:17 AM
Viewed 950 times
(2 times this week, 2 times this month, 4 times this year)

Every myki gate at Flagstaff station dead for evening peak

With authorised officers using hand held readers to touch-on myki cards instead

Tuesday 29 April 2014 5:27 PM
Viewed 1013 times, 1 time this year)

Authorised officers using hand held readers to touch-on myki cards

Every myki gate at Flagstaff station was dead for evening peak

Tuesday 29 April 2014 5:26 PM
Viewed 1647 times, 6 times this year)
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