"Get me there" (TfGM contactless card)

[Mcr Warrior]

Anyone on here ever actually used these? (Contactless ticketing cards for use on trams/buses in the Greater Manchester area. But not valid on trains.)

Have to say the system seems a bit half baked and poorly thought out.

Almost like some work experience kid has tried to replicate London's Oyster Card system.

Thoughts anyone?

 

[Bletchleyite]

Trams accept contactless, so there is little reason for an adult to use one.

 

[janb]

I have one, and used it once with a travelcard loaded about 4 years ago. But I only did as an enthusiast trying something out, it was such a poorly designed system that you wouldn't use it normally. Now that contactless is accepted it has become even more redundant.

 

[northwichcat]

Trams accept contactless, so there is little reason for an adult to use one.

Yep. I've used a contactless card the last time I used Metrolink, the same card I used when I last used London Underground.

My gripe is they haven't bothered to put a reader on platform 2 at Altrincham, so if you're arriving from a train on platform 3 you have to walk over to platform 1 even if the next tram departs from platform 2.

 

[plugwash]

When the system was originally announced there were certainly plans to include trains, but that quietly dropped away at some point. I presume TFGM couldn't agree workable terms with the rail industry.

 

[northwichcat]

When the system was originally announced there were certainly plans to include trains, but that quietly dropped away at some point. I presume TFGM couldn't agree workable terms with the rail industry.

I'm sure I've seen the "Get Me There" machines next to platforms 8/9 at Piccadilly and I also think they've only appeared very recently.

 

[Bungle965]

I'm sure I've seen the "Get Me There" machines next to platforms 8/9 at Piccadilly and I also think they've only appeared very recently.

Same model but they're for Northern Smartcards not "Get Me There"