(As on other modes, Mondays and Friday patronage is still lower than Tuesday to Thursday.) Right now the system can probably cope with some extra peak passengers, given numbers are still down compared to pre-COVID. Given the higher cost of peak at present, it may prompt more people to travel at peak times when services are more frequent/convenient. The obvious question is: if the fares get much cheaper, how many more people will travel? Peak usage is still down on 2019 levels – against off-peak being more-or-less back to “normal”. Peak and off-peak was part of managing demand. The fare cut seems to put paid to the idea that the ticketing system needs complex rules to track hundreds of zone combinations.Īnd – apart from weekends being cheaper than weekdays – the change also ends the distinction between V/Line’s peak and off-peak fares. On a weekend it’ll be $6.70 (65% cheaper). On a weekday it’ll be $9.20 (52% cheaper). ![]() It’ll drop to $9.20 return, or 67% cheaper.Īn off-peak return is currently $19.32. If you decided to come back the same day (perhaps unlikely given it’s a 4.5 hour trip each way, and there aren’t many services) then you’d pay no extra – a total of $9.20 for what currently costs $92, or a 90% cut.Ī more common trip might be Geelong to Melbourne return. In one of the most expensive cases, the $46 Swan Hill to Melbourne fare will be $9.20 one way, a cut of 80%. In those cases, you’ll pay more if travelling more than 60km outside Victoria. ![]() In other words, the maximum one way fare will be $9.20 – though there are some exceptions for services running outside Victoria to places like Canberra. This is slightly different from metropolitan Myki fares in that it’s a daily cap, not a $4.60 one way fare maximum. For Passes, the same as Zone 1+2 Myki Passes.$6.70/day (adult, weekends and public holidays).Labor promised the change during the 2022 election, and it starts on 31st of March. A big V/Line fare cut is coming up next week, and it may see a rapid surge in passengers.
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