It's now confirmed that ERG doesn't have all the specifications...

It's now confirmed that ERG doesn't have all the specifications to "...replicate in full the existing functionality of the state rail's system..."

Read extract bellow

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refer to full report at:
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/Binning-of-Tcard-not-a-foregone-conclusion-/0,139023166,339283727,00.htm

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James Carroll, executive director for finance at ERG, however, told ZDNet Australia that part of the system is already working, with a trial currently underway on buses in the inner west. He added that the vast majority of the development of the rail ticketing system is complete, and that the solution is in advanced states of development and testing.

Carroll said that the company had been hindered by the "requirement ... to replicate in full the existing functionality of the state rail's system where the documentation has not been as complete as what we would like." He added: "In some instances it would have been nice to have received greater assistance."
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