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2013年后，myki取代Metcard后，所有单次使用的公共交通票都将遭废除，这意味着短期票将全部废除。游客及偶尔乘坐火车、有轨电车和巴士的民众将无法再搭乘公共交通工具，除非他们购买myki智能卡。
此举将使墨尔本成为全球唯一如此的城市，游客在旅行期间如果没有智能卡的话，他们将无法购买短期或纸质车票。
目前一张myki智能卡为10元，这不包括车费，不可退还。
Tourists taken for a ride on myki
ALL single-use public transport tickets will be abolished by the Baillieu Government when myki replaces Metcard in 2013, leaving visitors to Melbourne and occasional train, tram or bus users unable to travel unless they have bought a smartcard.
The move will leave Melbourne as one of the only cities in the world where visitors cannot buy a short-term or paper ticket to travel if they do not have a smartcard.
Myki cards currently cost $10, not including travel, and are non-refundable.
If the government does not cut the price of the card, a visitor to inner Melbourne using public transport for two hours would be slugged more than $13 - against $3.80 for a Metcard.
The head of the government's Transport Ticketing Authority, Bernie Carolan, said the public might not yet have appreciated the full impact of the decision to abolish all short-term tickets.
''The penny may have not dropped that this is the full [abolition],'' Mr Carolan said. He said the government's transport department would spend the next 18 months preparing for the change.
After seven months of deliberation, Premier Ted Baillieu in June announced the government would keep myki, but do away with plans for smartcard vending machines on trams.
Mr Baillieu also issued a press release saying short-term tickets would be abolished ''to the extent possible'', but the impact of that decision was not well understood.
The plan to dump all short-term tickets in Melbourne was taken after a recommendation from consulting firm Deloitte, which conducted a $350,000 review of myki.
The decision will greatly reduce the complexity and expense of the smartcard system, contracted by the previous government in 2005 at a price of $1 billion over a decade. This later grew to $1.35 billion.
Transport Minister Terry Mulder said the government was acting ''on the best advice and strong recommendations''.
He said a ''solution'' for short-term public transport users would be developed before Metcard's removal.
The Opposition said the plan to remove all short-term tickets was unworkable. ''Victoria will be one of the only places in the world that doesn't offer a ticketing option for occasional public transport users and tourists,'' public transport spokeswoman Fiona Richardson said.
The Tourism and Transport Forum, which represents hotel, tourism and transport operators, supported the move, saying there would be benefits to no short-term tickets in Melbourne. ''It speeds up the transport network,'' chief executive John Lee said. Buying a ticket on a bus took up to 35 seconds per transaction, he said.
The Transport Ticketing Authority's Mr Carolan also said that before Metcard was switched off in January 2013, many more retail outlets would be selling and topping up myki cards. Cards and top-up facilities would also potentially be on sale at many other locations, he said.
Transport unions and user groups also said the dumping of short-term tickets was a retrograde step. The Rail, Tram and Bus Union argued the plan would ultimately drive many people from public transport.
The Public Transport Users Association, which last month welcomed the end to uncertainty over myki's future, also criticised the plan. President Daniel Bowen said it made sense to encourage the limited use of short-term tickets, but an alternative for occasional users had to be offered. ''It is completely unrealistic to assume that absolutely everybody will have a myki card,'' Mr Bowen said.
Social service groups such as Travellers Aid Australia expressed concern over how some people would manage without one-off tickets. Under Metcard, groups like Travellers Aid can bulk purchase tickets for people in need of support.
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