May 022011
So back from Korea and what a contrast between public transport systems. I missed my train this morning because it took 15mins to buy a ticket. The queue was that long. Cause? Shitty slow arse payment methods. Only 1 ticket booth and 1 machine. The machine basically just accepts cash but only gives 19.90 change max. The majority of people need to use a cc to pay so they goto counter. These cc need to be swiped, reswiped, and signed or pinned. What about contactless tech at both booth and machine? What about more machines? All this wouldn’t be that much of a problem if peak hr service didn’t come every 20 mins only. WTF is that? And the fare increased too. 🙁
And Korea has free wifi everywhere too.
they have combined CC/cash ticket machines at central 🙂
I can’t handle Sydney public transport.