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Tickets and fares

Buses

Taxis

Concessions

Information direct from the Department of Infrastructure: www.doi.gov.au

 

Click on the links below for information on the following regional ticket types:
2 hour
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Student passes

Ticket types

2 hour

Regional city and town service fares - Category A
Regional city and town service fares - Category B
Regional city and town service fares - Category C
Albury-Wodonga

Regional local transport fares in most major towns and cities are based on 2 hour tickets. These allow unlimited travel for at least two hours on local bus and train services.

The ticket expires two hours from the next full hour after it was purchased. For example, a ticket purchased at 8.55am will expire at 11.00am and a ticket purchased at 9.05am will expire at 12.00 noon. Tickets purchased after 6pm are valid until 3am.

A passenger may board any bus or train before their ticket expires, even if the journey extends beyond the ticket’s expiry time.

The scheduled departure time of the service is relevant rather than the actual departure time. So if a service is running late, the passenger may still use the ticket, provided the service was scheduled to leave before the ticket expired. Similarly if a scheduled service that would have left before the ticket expired does not run, the passenger may travel on the following service.

Regional city and town service fares - Category A

The following 2 hour ticket allows unlimited travel for at least two hours on the urban bus networks within Bacchus Marsh, Ballarat, Bendigo (including V/Line trains between Eaglehawk and Kangaroo Flat), Colac, Echuca/Moama, Geelong (inlcuding V/Line trains between Marshall and Lara), Horsham, Kilmore, Mildura (Town service section 2 - Benetook Ave and Eleventh Street), Moe, Morwell, Portland, Rochester, Seymour Town Service (including Telegraph Road), Shepparton, Mooroopna, Strathfieldsaye, Traralgon, Wangaratta and Wonthaggi. Concession fares are available to holders of concession cards.

 

2-hour

Full-fare

$1.80

Concession

$0.90

 

Regional city and town service fares - Category B

The following 2 hour ticket allows unlimited travel for at least two hours on the urban bus networks within Bairnsdale, Benalla, Cobram, Drouin, Korumburra, Hamilton, Lakes Entrance, Mildura (Town service section 1 - city side of Benetook Ave), Sale, Seymour (not including Telegraph Road), Swan Hill, Warragul and Warrnambool.

 

2-hour

Full-fare

$1.50

Concession

$0.90

 

Regional city and town service fares - Category C

The following 2 hour ticket allows unlimited travel for at least two hours on the urban bus networks within Ararat, Beaufort and Stawell.

 

2-hour

Full-fare

$1.10

Concession

$0.90

Student Weekly

$5.00

 

Albury-Wodonga

Albury-Wodonga operates its own section-based fare system with different conditions due to its border location.

Further details are available from Twin City Transit: www.mylon.com.au (will open in a new window). Tel: (02) 6056 3100.

 

Daily

A Daily ticket allows unlimited travel on nominated bus services on the day of issue until 3.00am the next day.

See the Regional Bus Fares Supplement 2007 (PDF) 540.71 kB (which may be downloaded from this website) for fare and ticket information.

 

Weekly

Weekly tickets allow unlimited travel between the origin and destination printed on the ticket for seven

consecutive days.

The ticket expires seven days from the start date printed on the ticket. For example, a ticket valid from Tuesday will expire at the end of services for the following Monday (3am on Tuesday).

A weekly ticket used between midnight and 3am must be valid for the previous day.

See the Regional Bus Fares Supplement 2007 (PDF) 540.71 kB (which may be downloaded from this website) for fare and ticket information.

 

Monthly

Monthly tickets allow unlimited travel between the origin and destination printed on the ticket, for a month.

The ticket expires one month from the start date printed on the ticket. For example, a ticket valid for travel from 15 June will expire at the end of services for 14 July (3am on 15 July). A ticket first valid for travel on 30 or 31 January or on 1 February will expire on 29 February in a leap year, or on 28 February otherwise.

A monthly ticket used between midnight and 3am must be valid for the previous day.

See the Regional Bus Fares Supplement 2007 (PDF) 540.71 kb (which may be downloaded from this website) for fare and ticket information.

 

Student passes

Student passes are available to full-time Primary or Secondary students who possess a valid Victorian Public Transport Concession Card. Unless otherwise noted, student passes are only valid on school days, for travel to and from school.

Prices and travel entitlements vary depending on the student’s place of residence. These are detailed in the Regional Bus Fares Supplement 2007 (PDF) 540.71 kb which may be downloaded from this website.

 

Conveyance allowance scheme

The Victorian Government subsidises travel for students in regional areas to their nearest school when travelling more than 4.8km. Full terms and conditions of the scheme are available from schools. In many cases, student pass fares listed in this document are paid for by the State Government via the conveyance allowance scheme.

The Conveyance Allowance is administered by the Victorian Department of Education.

 

TAXI FARES (from the Victorian Taxi Directorate webpage: www.taxi.vic.gov.au

The Victorian Taxi Directorate regulates taxi fares in Victoria. Taxi fares increased by 1.1 per cent from 22 September 2007 in accordance with a recommendation from the Essential Services Commission's review of taxi fares. The increase was based on a formula comprising the annual movement in the Consumer Price Index, less one per cent.

  1. The metered fare applies to all off-the-street hirings and phone bookings for casual or ad-hoc taxi travel.
  2. A hiring rate which is less than the metered fare may be negotiated for contracted or permanent taxi bookings.
  3. On any hiring for travel to or from a place outside an 80 kilometre radius of the local taxi operating area, the hirer and driver must agree to the fare prior to the start of the trip. Fares detailed below include GST.
  4. To assist members of the Multi Purpose Taxi Program, the annual MPTP cap will also be increased by 1.1 per cent, and in the future will automatically increase in line with further taxi fare increase


Country fares
The following fares and charges apply to all taxis outside the metropolitan, outer suburban and urban zones.

For taxis carrying no more than five passengers


Flagfall
$3.10 when the meter is started

Distance
$1.577 per kilometre

Time
52.5 cents per minute if the speed is below 20 kilometres per hour

For taxis carrying six or more passengers, and for pre-bookings requesting a larger than standard taxi (excluding hirings for people in a wheelchair)
 

Flagfall
$3.10 when the meter is started

Distance
$2.365 per kilometre

Time
78.8 cents per minute if the speed is below 20 kilometres per hour

Extras

Extras are automatically calculated on the taxi meter, or should be entered on the meter at the start of the trip.

Phone booking
$1.30

Late night extra
$2.60 (midnight to 6 am)

Concessions
Concession fares are available for eligible taxi users. For more information, see the Taxi accessibility webpage.


Multiple hirings
Multiple hirings are permitted throughout Victoria with the consent of all passengers.
A multiple hiring involves:

  • two or more people who are unacquainted travelling in the taxi from a common starting point
  • the first and subsequent hirers consent to another person also hiring the taxi
  • the hirers' destinations are in the same general direction
  • each hirer paying no more than 75 per cent of the fare showing on the taxi meter at their destination.


Regional taxis
Regional taxis are allowed to pick up passengers at Melbourne Airport on a pre-booked basis only. The airport parking fee for regional taxis is $3.00 to be passed on to the hirer.

The driver must not charge the airport parking fee to any passenger arriving at Melbourne Airport.

 
Updated: 19.10.07 |   |Top