Komiksulo
Active Member
How easy would that be?You believe Presto fare cards cannot be duplicated?
How easy would that be?You believe Presto fare cards cannot be duplicated?
You believe Presto fare cards cannot be duplicated?
You can duplicate the card, but isn't the card pretty much a blank? The information isn't stored on your card. Duplicating the card is one thing, but hacking the Presto database and giving yourself unlimited $ is another.
You can duplicate the card, but isn't the card pretty much a blank? The information isn't stored on your card. Duplicating the card is one thing, but hacking the Presto database and giving yourself unlimited $ is another.
A while ago there was discussion about setting a default trip from, say, Rouge Hill to Union and getting off at Exhibition. Using the paper tickets this would be legal as they are both in zone 2, but a trip I took a few days ago is proof that PRESTO does NOT NECESSARILY use the same fare zones as paper ticket:
My normal trip is Union Station to Brampton GO with the endpoint occasionally changing to Hurontario/Bovaird. This trip deducts $6.39 for either destination (zone 02 to 33). However, Tuesday I took the train from Union to Bramalea GO then connected to the GO bus to get to Hurontario/Bovaird. This is also a 02 to 33 trip, but while the system charged me the correct Union to Bramalea fare, it did not deduct anything for the bus trip (i.e. it refunded everything it deducted). In essence, I got to ride 02-33 on a 02-32 fare. I have no explanation for why I paid less than I should have, but I think it's safe to say that PRESTO calculates GO fares differently than paper tickets. If you have a default trip set and you plan to get off at a station other than your default I recommend that you override. There's the potential that you'll save money and there's also the chance that trips which were legal are no longer so.
Too rambley; didn't read: Do not assume a default trip to ____ covers you for other stations in that zone.
With GO buses you need to tap off when exiting the bus as well.
I'm seeing some very different behaviours on some trips. Most of the time, travelling on the 96 bus between Ajax and Yonge Street (just south of Finch terminal), I'm charged $4.20 on boarding and another $1.77 or so upon exiting. But every once in a while, I'm charged something like $14.30 on boarding and then issued an $8.80 refund when exiting.I think there are manual and automatic modes, as I've had some cases where I got on/off at Bovarid / Hurontario or Kennedy / Steeles but it says Brampton Bus Terminal - this suggest manual.
08/09/2011 20:28:00 GO Transit Newmarket - NewmarketBusTerminal At Eag E-Purse Fare Payment -$2.56 $32.68 Sep - 2011 1 N/A N/A
08/09/2011 19:31:00 GO Transit Toronto - UnionStationBusTerminal At Ba E-Purse Fare Payment -$4.20 $35.24 Sep - 2011 2 N/A N/A
08/09/2011 19:24:00 GO Transit Union Station Rail E-Purse Load Value $40.00 $39.44 Sep - 2011 N/A N/A N/A
Bear in mind that all Presto trips are discounted from the cash fare, with higher discounts once you are over 35 rides in a month, of course.It did deduct $6.76 in total for the trip from Union to Newmarket. The GO fare calculator says that trip costs $7.60.
Your embarrassed because it's cheaper than many countries?!?I feel embarrassed when my friends from other countries use the TTC, because of its backwardness and cost (basic fare $3.00)