Ticket Machine Cartridge Tongs
Maker and role
NZBus, Attributed to
Production date
2000s Decade
2010s
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Object detail
Accession number
2016.111.20
Maker
Description
Steel tongs used to remove cartridge from bus ticket machine, label on side reads "IMPORTANT / After removing the card the reaser must / be reset by pressing the * button at least / twice before another card is inserted. / FAILURE TO DO SO MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE READER." used on Wayfarer ticket machines to record fares on Auckland transport (buses, trains and ferries) from 2001 to 2011.
Marks
IMPORTANT / After removing the card the reaser must / be reset by pressing the * button at least / twice before another card is inserted. / FAILURE TO DO SO MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE READER Label
Media/Materials
Credit Line
NZBus. 2000s Decade
2010s. Ticket Machine Cartridge Tongs, 2016.111.20. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
2010s. Ticket Machine Cartridge Tongs, 2016.111.20. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
Public comments
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- MOTAT Curatorial Research posted one year ago.
Used by bus drivers to remove passengers Go Rider cards from the Wayfarer ticket machines when they got stuck. The mechanisms which ejected the Go Rider slots were failing after 15 plus years of use. Made redundant by the introduction of NZ Buses Snapper Machines and Hop cards.
- David Cawood posted one year ago.