Octopus Card vs Myki

Jordmate visits Hong Kong and is impressed with the Octopus travel card and public transport system.

http://www.Jordmate.com.au
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_card
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myki

Please note: Jordmate personally uses the Myki system happily from it's inception and has found no problem with it. They only draw back is that Melbourne's Myki system doesn't provide value add in allowing purchases at convenient stores or take-away food outlets. This would be a big plus for Myki.

Music "English Channel" Composed by:D.DiFonzo, BMI

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Octopus
• Card
• Myki
• Melbourne
• Australia
• Public Transport
• Hong Kong
• China
• Holiday
• Transport System
• Take away food outlets

[AuroraClass]

Get over it, METCARD is still a VALID ticketing system. If you don 't want to get held up by people who PAY their way. Then find another mode of transportation. I hear bicycles are back in fashion.

[Jordmate]

@AuroraClass Yep I love bikes I ride my own and also the Melbourne Bike Share bikes everyday.

[EyepopTheSailorMan]

This doesn't seem markedly different from Myki except for the general purpose debit aspect. Frankly, I can't see why anyone would be dazzled by the latter.

[Jordmate]

@EyepopTheSailorMan It should be good when every one is using the Myki. I find it annoying when metcard users hold you up ;{

[Scyeth]

IMO myki card is a complete failure, I'd much rather use the ticketing system we have now than that piece of crap. Why is it so hard for the victorian government to copy this system? The card can barely detect through my wallet, which results in me pulling out the card 90% of the time. Wasn't this card made to be more convenient for travellers? Also, why do they still have the 2hr/daily thing on it, I was thinking it would be destination calculation. stupid Victorian government. GRR

[Jordmate]

@Scyeth I'm inclined to believe the Myki is a working system that you are not giving a good chance to forfill its purpose.

[kiwiguy72]

Octopus uses distance based fares, while myki uses zones. To change to distance based fares would require a radical shakeup of the system and would disadvantage those living far from where they work. Myki is progressively being rolled out more and more, newsagents and the newsagent kiosks in the city are now doing topups, new myki gates have gone in at Melbourne Central and Parliament (the MC ones were opened today). @Scyeth, if you put your myki close to one side of your wallet and always touc

[kiwiguy72]

it's likely that myki will be rolled out to allow payments for products/services other than transport, however we need to wait for it to be rolled out across the state first

[Jordmate]

@Phil28168 It's going to be great once you get the system up and working.

I just wish they would allow us to use the cards to do other purchases ;) Thanks for watching Phil

[Phil28168]

I simply can't wait for or T-Card to be in operation by 2012 in New South Wales. It's been a 12 year wait!!! It was promised in year 2000, but delays after delays due to snail pace of N.S.W. gov't and T-Card contracts being in disrepute or ripped up. Something along the lines (if you get what I've typed).