Comments on: Saving Money With Off-Peak Travel

By: Philip Steinke

Philip Steinke — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:13:06 +0000

A good followup article for this one would be inter-city travel. It should be easy for you Angus.

By: moomoo

moomoo — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:52:33 +0000

Sydney – not exactly an off-peak discount, but a good money-saving trick nonetheless. If you buy a TravelPass after 3pm, the week it’s valid for doesn’t start counting down till the next day – meaning you get free travel on the day you buy it!

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:30:48 +0000

The prices of fares in Canberra are actually increasing as of tomorrow.

An off-peak daily ticket for an adult is now $4.50 as opposed to the standard daily ticket which is now $7.40

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:15:36 +0000

Also – if you hold a 10x 2 hourly, if you validate this twice in a day it turns into a daily.

Found this nifty trick when I caught the nightrider home at 3am (expired at 6am), then validated to go to work the same/next day at 10am – expired 3am the next day. Saved me a fare for my trip home :)

By: kaheiyeh

kaheiyeh — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:54:47 +0000

It should be noted that students do not get off-peak discounts on CityRail. They pay one single discounted price at any time of the day.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:31:22 +0000

Just to clarify what stu said, for those that don’t know, he means after 6pm not 6am

By: BenM

BenM — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:17:21 +0000

Also, when you validate a 2 hour metcard, it is two hours from the NEXT turn of the hour. So, for example, a 2 hour metcard validated at 9:01AM will remain valid until 12:00PM…

By: stu

stu — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:09:00 +0000

In Melbourne, if you validate a 2-hour metcard after 6:00 it will remain valid until last services.