Gladys Berejiklian med rel: Annual changes to public transport fares

Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian today said the NSW Government will not increase fares to the amount recommended by IPART in 2015, instead keeping Opal bus and light rail fares unchanged and increasing other fares in line with the cost of living only.
Fares for Opal bus and light rail customers will remain the same and there will be no changes to the $2.50 travel cap for Gold Senior/Pensioner Opal card customers or for those still purchasing paper Pensioner Excursion Tickets (PETs).

From Sunday 4 January 2015, train and ferry Opal fares and all paper MyZone tickets will increase in line with the cost of living only and will not increase to the amount recommended by IPART.

Ms Berejiklian said more than 1.5 million Opal cards have now been issued and customers will be pleased to hear that as well as no changes to bus or light rail fares, the daily travel cap of $15 and weekly travel cap of $60 will stay the same.

“I have always said fares will only rise in line with CPI until there are demonstrable improvements in customer service,” she said.

“While we have made significant changes for customers, including rolling out Opal electronic ticketing and delivering more than 10,500 extra weekly public transport services, we are working to make further improvements.”