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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.

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 5:26 PM
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Another 'Temporarily Unavailable' flag on a set of myki gates, this time at Southern Cross

Wednesday 23 April 2014 8:45 AM
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Vix technician works on a faulty myki machine at South Morang

Saturday 12 April 2014 11:13 AM
Viewed 994 times, 1 time this year)

'Eftpos out of order' notice on a Myki machine at a staffed V/Line station

Friday 11 April 2014 9:26 PM
Viewed 1124 times
(5 times this month, 5 times this year)

Fixed the night before, now these myki gates at Flagstaff are broken in a new way

Tuesday 1 April 2014 8:15 AM
Viewed 1217 times, 4 times this year)

'Temporarily Unavailable' Myki gate at Flagstaff station due to a broken barrier paddle

Monday 31 March 2014 8:34 AM
Viewed 1410 times
(2 times this week, 2 times this month, 9 times this year)

'Temporarily unavailable' sign blocks access to a defective set of myki gates at Flinders Street Station

Friday 28 February 2014 1:37 PM
Viewed 816 times
(2 times this week, 3 times this month, 6 times this year)

What looks to be a working myki reader, but it actually stopped responding 15 minutes ago

Onscreen clock is stuck on 5:25PM, but the red 'X' is being correctly displayed on the gate.

Wednesday 26 February 2014 5:39 PM
Viewed 803 times, 4 times this year)

Missed it by that much - Myki readers start to wake up after going 'In service' at the same time

Wednesday 26 February 2014 8:03 AM
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Defective set of myki wide gates - one of the paddles stuck inside the mechanism

Tuesday 25 February 2014 8:39 AM
Viewed 915 times
(1 time this week, 1 time this month, 3 times this year)

Technician programming a set of myki gates out in the field with a Windows XP laptop computer

Tuesday 25 February 2014 8:37 AM
Viewed 1068 times
(1 time this week, 2 times this month, 3 times this year)

Bytecraft technician fixing a defective set of myki gates

Tuesday 25 February 2014 8:37 AM
Viewed 921 times, 1 time this year)

Myki readers on trams still fall victim to the 'In service' bug

Monday 10 February 2014 1:32 PM
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Another myki user gets overcharged - all of the readers go dead at the same time

Now he can't touch off, so he gets stiffed with a higher fare

Friday 7 February 2014 6:44 PM
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All the myki readers on the bus go to 'In service' at the same time

Friday 7 February 2014 6:43 PM
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Looks like the "every myki reader goes 'In service' at the same time" bug is still to be resolved

Friday 7 February 2014 8:27 AM
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Unwanted EFT receipts still pile up

Tuesday 4 February 2014 7:46 AM
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Technician working to fix a defective set of Myki readers at Flagstaff station

Monday 20 January 2014 8:07 AM
Viewed 1232 times
(2 times this week, 2 times this month, 2 times this year)

'Temporarily unavailable' flags on a defective Myki gate at Melbourne Central

Saturday 18 January 2014 10:15 PM
Viewed 844 times
(3 times this week, 3 times this month, 4 times this year)

'In service' message displayed onboard a not in service bus

Saturday 18 January 2014 1:13 PM
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Out of service Myki machine at Southern Cross

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Saturday 18 January 2014 8:47 AM
Viewed 930 times
(1 time this week, 1 time this month, 2 times this year)

Unwanted receipts still pile up

Saturday 18 January 2014 8:47 AM
Viewed 1174 times
(2 times this week, 2 times this month, 6 times this year)

The reason for the defective gate: an 'Operator Authentication' message

Saturday 18 January 2014 8:42 AM
Viewed 974 times, 1 time this year)

'Temporarily unavailable' flags on a defective Myki gate at Southern Cross

Saturday 18 January 2014 8:42 AM
Viewed 746 times, 1 time this year)
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