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General Discussion / Re: MyWay+ implementation

Last post by triumph - Yesterday at 09:59:04 PM

Something I've wondered about then... Are there any if you forgot to tap off during the fare free periods?

There are currently no penalty fares.

That seems to be a straightforward statement.

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General Discussion / Re: MyWay+ implementation

Last post by Sylvan Loves Buses - Yesterday at 03:48:42 PM

Something I've wondered about then... Are there any if you forgot to tap off during the fare free periods?

#3

General Discussion / Re: MyWay+ implementation

Last post by Busnerd - January 07, 2026, 10:49:46 AM

There are currently no penalty fares.

#4

The Playground / Re: What PT did you get today?...

Last post by Busnerd - January 07, 2026, 10:48:47 AM

They check a mobile phone/watch etc. in the same way as checking a physical bank or travel card, they tap their device onto your device which will advise if it has been tapped on or not.

There are new devices for TC/CMET staff to check tickets, now a mobile phone (previously a green non-phone device), unsure what specific the NEC app? does and how it compares with the software/app Sydney uses.

#5

General Discussion / Re: MyWay+ implementation

Last post by Bus 400 - January 06, 2026, 09:21:40 PM

but it still hasn't been fixed though. A few wasted hours is better than drivers getting shit from angry passengers

If someone's getting upset over not having to pay, they need to put that $2 towards a therapist or an e-scooter hire.

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General Discussion / Re: MyWay+ implementation

Last post by triumph - January 06, 2026, 08:10:10 PM

but it still hasn't been fixed though. A few wasted hours is better than drivers getting shit from angry passengers

Except for passengers unable to tap off and might worry about penalty fares, why are passengers angry at getting a free ride?
For that matter, are penalty fares being enforced at present? I would have thought not, except perhaps for Light Rail.

#7

The Playground / Re: What PT did you get today?...

Last post by L94UBbusfan - January 06, 2026, 06:41:31 PM

Wow! In 27 years my ticket has been inspected on an ACTION bus just twice. The last time over a decade ago.

(The Light Rail is a different matter - been inspected numerous times.)

Funny, I've never had my ticket inspected on any PT in Canberra. I think the only time I've had my ticket inspected on PT was on the L1 in Sydney a couple of years ago but I can't quite remember. I wonder how they'd check a mobile phone bank card tap on (like Apple Pay or Samsung Wallet) or even a physical credit/debit card.

I said the exact same once all the Iris and Renault's were gone haha. Although I am so glad I don't have to get up at the crack of dawn to ride the 6am 72 anymore, that was rough.

The MAN CNGs aren't running during the school holidays so I couldn't even ride them. I ended up going out to Denman Prospect and as I mentioned Tuggeranong Depot to see the L94s, which was nice. I mainly focused on riding STAG/Artics and Yutongs and other buses that interested me, but it was quite different without the L94s, last year I went on so many crazy bus trips and made so many crazy transfers just to ride any CNGs, it's kind of weird not doing it anymore.

No PT for me today, used the car (shock horror)     

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General Discussion / Re: MyWay+ implementation

Last post by L94UBbusfan - January 06, 2026, 06:10:38 PM

So we went a whole year with CNG buses not being fitted either because they were 'being decomissioned'. It literally took the whole year for the majority of that fleet to go yet there was enormous fuss throughout because of it. Why couldn't they just put the bloody things into them and get the f on with it... I mean seriously these people just don't think long term do they.

I understood why MyWay+ wasn't fitted the Irisbuses and L94s because there were a fair few of them and they were approaching 20+ years old and due for retirement within a year of the system being installed, but I really don't get why the MAN CNGs weren't fitted as there are less of them and they are much newer. The original plan was to withdraw all CNG buses by the end of 2025, but then they chose to get rid of the Irises instead. If only they chose a plan and stuck with it maybe the whole fleet would have MyWay+ readers by now. And who knows what's going on with the Elements, they really should have gotten MyWay+ when they re-entered service.

On a more positive note though regarding MyWay+, out of my 21 bus trips on buses with MyWay+ this year I've only experienced 1 broken reader and 2 PIDs out of order. I did see some other buses with broken readers but much less than I was seeing 2-3 months ago. I've also not experienced "Card transactions not allowed" or a reader working at one stop but not the other since late November last year, which isn't too bad.

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General Discussion / Re: MyWay+ implementation

Last post by Sylvan Loves Buses - January 06, 2026, 01:37:11 PM

but it still hasn't been fixed though. A few wasted hours is better than drivers getting shit from angry passengers

#10

General Discussion / Re: MyWay+ implementation

Last post by Bus 400 - January 06, 2026, 12:19:17 PM

But if they installed the equipment, that's quite a few wasted hours that would have been spent better by fixing the equipment they have.