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New fares to apply from Saturday 4 January 2025

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After no increase in six years, Transport Canberra fares are set to rise by around 3%, commencing Saturday 4 January 2025.

The fare increase was announced in the 2024 ACT Budget, and will take effect just over a month after fares resumed following the introduction of the new MyWay+ ticketing system. The fare structure will remain unchanged – no fares have been added or removed from the system.

The changed fares will be as follows:

Pre-paid tickets [1] –
Previous fareFare from 4 Jan 2025
Adult Single$5.00$5.15
Adult Daily$9.60$9.89
Concession Single$2.50$2.58
Concession Daily$4.80$4.94

MyWay+ fares [2] –
Adult (full fare)Previous fareFare as at 4 Jan 2025
Peak$3.22$3.32
Off-peak$2.55$2.63
Weekday cap$9.60 [3]$9.89 [3]
Weekend/public holiday cap$5.87 [3]$6.05 [3]
Concession [4]Previous fareFare as at 4 Jan 2025
Peak$1.61$1.66
Off-peakfree [3]free [3] [5]
Weekday cap$4.80 [3]$4.94 [3]
Weekend/public holiday cap$2.17 [3]$2.24 [6]
StudentPrevious fareFare as at 4 Jan 2025
Tertiary student$1.61$1.66
School student – school days [7]$1.22$1.26
School student – non school days$1.61$1.66
Weekday cap$4.80 [3]$4.94 [3]
Weekend/public holiday cap$2.17 [3]$2.24 [3]
Notes:
  1. Pre-paid tickets issued through Ticket Vending Machines or MyWay+ web portal (replacing cash tickets). ↩︎
  2. MyWay+ fares includes MyWay+ cards, QR codes and credit/debit cards. ↩︎
  3. When users tap on and off correctly. ↩︎
  4. Free travel at all times applies for ACT Seniors aged 70 years and over. ↩︎
  5. Free off-peak travel for seniors and concession card holders using MyWay+ will continue until further notice. Published fare is $0.92. ↩︎
  6. Weekend concession fare cap is only applicable if free off-peak travel is withdrawn. ↩︎
  7. Refers to Primary and Secondary School students. ↩︎