Myki outage in Melbourne causes commuter chaos on trams, busses and trains

Myki, Melbourne’s public transport fare collection system, has been fixed after the system experienced a city-wide outage. 

The network suffered a major technical fault on Thursday afternoon, which is understood to have affected Melbourne’s trains and trams.

Faulty myki card readers across the city displayed a message that read: ‘Out of order. Please user another myki reader.’

Melbourne’s public transport fare system suffered a city-wide outage, with commuters given a free ride (pictured, a myki card reader out of order)

Transport operators waved through commuters and advised them not to tap on, giving them a free ride.

Public Transport Victoria issued a statement, saying, ‘We are aware of an outage currently affecting myki devices and are working to restore it as soon as possible’.

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‘We thank passengers for their patience while we work to resolve the issue.’

Metro Trains Melbourne issued an apology to commuters for the inconvenience.

‘We are aware of an issue with the ticketing system which is impacting the network.’

‘Our teams are currently investigating and our authorised officers have been advised of the issue.’

Melbourne commuters have been able to ride the trains for free due to the technical fault (stock image)

Metro Trains later claimed the system had been restored and all myki card readers should now be working across Melbourne’s train stations.