Comments on: CityRail’s 14 Day RailPass

By: stubbornmule

stubbornmule — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:15:47 +0000

@Steve: You are right, of course. Also, if enough people use the new ticket queues should be shorter, depending on how much they reduce staffing.

By: Steve Reynolds

Steve Reynolds — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:28:43 +0000

It does save you time, as you only have to queue half as often. But this is more about saving RailCorp’s money. It’s about station staffing. Selling tickets less often means you can have fewer ticket sellers on a given shift. If everyone used annual passes or bought their tickets online or at ticket vending machines, they wouldn’t need ticket sellers at all – except to cater for pensioners who still unreasonably enjoy the sentimental romance of hard currency and human interaction.

By: dan

dan — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:06:25 +0000

if they were for real, they’d let you buy a 10 trip ticket, with a bit of a discount – like the buses do. let alone bringing in some sort of smart-ticket…

By: stubbornmule

stubbornmule — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:23:09 +0000

@Craig: you are right to be suspicious about anything coming from CityRail!

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:19:19 +0000

An interesting take on this Mule. It may well be a cunning stunt. But won’t it simply mean that the ticket queues will be twice as long every second Monday and Tuesday? I’m just not convinced about the “Saves you time” slogan…