New Melbourne Public Transport Fares 2008

Another year, another increase in public transport price. Well, that's fine but WHERE IS THE BLOODY TRAIN ? Starting from next year, all tickets will have a new price even though the train service is really not reliable (at all). Anyway, the increase affects all and not just train so let us put our anger aside.

So back to the increase. Average increase will be 2.1% in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI). V/Line fares will also increase by this much. As an example, in the new year a daily ticket (zone 1) will set you back $6.50 (increase by 20 cents).

However, there will be a new card being introduced next year in April. It's called 5 x Weekend Daily Metcard. This card allows you to run around on Saturday or Sunday. It is sort of like the Sunday Saver that we've got at the moment but you can use it on Saturday as well.

Unfortunately, there will be no Saturday Saver metcard (single ones) so you cannot buy them individually (must be in a pack of 5). A pack of 5 costs $14.50, which is a huge savings if you only use transport on weekends.

Sunday Saver will also be increased to $2.90, the first increase ever since the ticket was introduced back in 2004. For a full list of the increase, check the Metlink website here.

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