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Transport Administration (State Transit Authority—Fares) Order 2004

2   Commencement
This Order commences on 4 January 2005.
4   Charges
(1)  The charges to be demanded by the State Transit Authority in respect of its bus and ferry services in the Sydney and Newcastle Suburban Areas and its ferry services in the Newcastle Suburban Area (including the multi-modal services) are as set out in Schedule 1.
(2)  In this clause, multi-modal services means the bus and ferry services provided by the State Transit Authority, the Sydney ferry services that are provided by Sydney Ferries in conjunction with the rail services provided by RailCorp and the light rail services provided by Metro Transport Sydney Pty Ltd trading as Metro Light Rail.
5   Purchase of tickets
Tickets in respect of the bus and ferry services provided by the State Transit Authority may be purchased at such locations as the Authority may from time to time determine.
6   Family fares: fare exemption for second and subsequent children
If an adult is accompanied on a bus or ferry service journey provided by the State Transit Authority by 2 or more children from the adult’s household, and if the appropriate charges for the journey have been paid for the adult and any 1 of those children, no charge is payable for any other of those children for that journey.
7   Sydney Ferries and RailCorp tickets
No charge is payable for any bus or ferry service journey for which a ticket issued by Sydney Ferries or RailCorp is valid.
8   Validity of tickets
(1)  A single or return ticket issued by the State Transit Authority is valid only for a journey or journeys completed on the day on which it is issued or before 4 am on the next day.
(2)  A weekly ticket issued by State Transit Authority is valid only:
(a)  in the case of a Blue, Orange, Pittwater or Two Zone TravelPass, for the period of one week commencing with the day of first use specified on the ticket and until 4 am on the next day following the expiry of the one-week period, or
(b)  in any other case, for the period of one week ending with the day of expiry stamped on the ticket at the time of purchase and until 4 am on the next day.
(3)  A quarterly ticket issued by the State Transit Authority is valid only for the period of 3 months ending with the day of expiry specified on the ticket and until 4 am on the next day.
(4)  A yearly ticket issued by the State Transit Authority is valid only for the period of 12 months ending with the day of expiry specified on the ticket and until 4 am on the next day.
(5)  A BusTripper issued by the State Transit Authority is valid only for the day of first use specified on the ticket and until 4 am on the next day.
(6)  A DayTripper issued by the State Transit Authority is valid only:
(a)  for the day on which it is issued and until 4 am on the next day, if issued from a railway or ferry booking office, or
(b)  for the day of first use specified on the ticket and until 4 am on the next day, if issued from a State Transit Authority booking office.
(7)  A Newcastle Multi-Ride 1-Hour bus ticket issued by the State Transit Authority is valid only for a journey commenced within 1 hour of the time of first use specified on the ticket.
(8)  A Newcastle Multi-Ride 4-Hour bus ticket issued by the State Transit Authority is valid only for a journey commenced within 4 hours of the time of first use specified on the ticket.
(9)  A Newcastle Multi-Ride Day bus-ferry ticket issued by the State Transit Authority is valid only for a journey commenced within 23 hours of the time of first use specified on the ticket.
(10)  A Newcastle Time-Ten Multi-Ride bus ticket issued by the State Transit Authority is valid only for journeys commenced during any of 10 non-overlapping one-hour periods, each of which commences when it is first used during that hour.
9   Certain services excluded from TravelPasses etc
(1)  TravelPass and BusTripper tickets are not valid for the State Transit Authority’s premium services, tourist services, special (sporting) services, special (racecourse) services or JetCat services (other than a specific service indicated in the Manly ferry service timetable from time to time as having the fare rate of the Manly (Freshwater class) ferry service).
(2)  Pensioners’ combined rail/bus/ferry excursion tickets are not valid for the State Transit Authority’s premium services, tourist services or JetCat services (other than a specific service indicated in the Manly ferry service timetable from time to time as having the fare rate of the Manly (Freshwater class) ferry service).
10   Conditions for use of Blinded Soldiers Gold Pass
The holder of a Blinded Soldiers Gold Pass (issued to a blind Australian war veteran) and a person accompanying the holder as a guide are not entitled to free travel on the State Transit Authority’s special (racecourse) services.
11   Pro-rata charges for quarterly and yearly tickets
(1)  If this Order is amended by another order under section 85 (2) of the Act so as to vary any matter on which the charge for a quarterly or yearly ticket is based, the charge for a quarterly or yearly ticket in respect of which an application has been made but not been dealt with before the date on which the amending order is published in the Gazette, or for which an application is subsequently made, is to be calculated:
(a)  in respect of any period occurring before the date on which the variation takes effect—on the basis of this Order as in force when the application was made, and
(b)  in respect of any period occurring on or after the date on which the variation takes effect—on the basis of this Order as so amended.
(2)  Subclause (1) does not apply if the application for the ticket was made more than 1 month before the date on which the variation takes effect but not more than 1 month before the date on which the ticket is to commence.
12   Refunds
A person is not entitled to a refund in respect of a periodical ticket merely because of a reduction in the charges for bus and ferry services provided by the State Transit Authority that occurs during the period for which the ticket is valid.
13   Definitions
(1)  In this Order:
Blue TravelPass means a ticket that allows:
(a)  unlimited travel on the State Transit Authority’s bus services in the area bounded by the section points at the following locations:
(i)  Watsons Bay,
(ii)  La Perouse,
(iii)  the Airport runway tunnel, General Holmes Drive, Mascot,
(iv)  Rockdale Station,
(v)  Earlwood shops,
(vi)  Canterbury Station,
(vii)  Brighton Avenue, Croydon Park,
(viii)  the intersection of Liverpool Road and Malvern Avenue, Croydon,
(ix)  the intersection of Lang Street and Parramatta Road, Croydon,
(x)  Pittwater Road, Gladesville,
(xi)  the Lane Cove River,
(xii)  East Lindfield,
(xiii)  the Spit Bridge, and
(b)  unlimited travel on the Inner Harbour ferry services.
bus term ticket for school travel means a ticket that allows a school pupil to travel for up to 2 sections on the State Transit Authority’s bus services by the most direct route between the pupil’s home address and the school at which the pupil is enrolled.
BusTripper means a ticket that allows unlimited travel on the State Transit Authority’s bus services.
child means a person who is of or above the age of 4 years but under the age of 16 years, and includes a person who is of or above the age of 16 years and is the holder of a NSW School Pupil Identification Card—Form 202.
CityRail Area means the combined area formed by the Sydney Suburban Area, the Outer Metropolitan Area and the Newcastle Suburban Area.
concession means a reduced charge available to children and to the holders of certain concessional travel passes issued under section 88 of the Act.
DayTripper means a ticket that allows:
(a)  unlimited travel on the State Transit Authority’s bus services within the Sydney Suburban Area, and
(b)  unlimited travel on Sydney ferry services, and
(c)  unlimited travel on RailCorp’s rail services in the area bounded by Bondi Junction, Cowan, Carlingford, Richmond, Emu Plains, Macarthur (via Granville, via Regents Park or via East Hills), Otford and Cronulla.
Green TravelPass means a ticket that allows:
(a)  unlimited travel on the State Transit Authority’s bus services within the Sydney Suburban Area (except north of Jacksons Road Reserve and Lakeside Caravan Park, bounded by the section points at Jacksons Road and Walsh Street, North Narrabeen), and
(b)  unlimited travel on Sydney ferry services, and
(c)  unlimited travel on RailCorp’s rail services in the area bounded by Chatswood, Bondi Junction, Kogarah, Kingsgrove, Epping and Bankstown (via Lidcombe or via Sydenham).
Inner Harbour ferry service means a Sydney ferry service other than:
(a)  a Manly ferry service, or
(b)  a service to or from a place on the Parramatta River west of the Meadowbank Railway Bridge (that is, the bridge carrying the main northern railway line between North Strathfield and Meadowbank).
JetCat service means a Sydney ferry service provided for the conveyance of passengers by JetCats, or any other high speed ferries.
Manly ferry service means a Sydney ferry service between Circular Quay and Manly.
Newcastle Multi-Ride 1-Hour bus ticket means a ticket that allows unlimited travel on the State Transit Authority’s bus services in the Newcastle Suburban Area.
Newcastle Multi-Ride 4-Hour bus ticket means a ticket that allows unlimited travel on the State Transit Authority’s bus services in the Newcastle Suburban Area.
Newcastle Multi-Ride Day bus-ferry ticket means a ticket that allows unlimited travel on the State Transit Authority’s bus and ferry services in the Newcastle Suburban Area.
Newcastle Orange TravelPass means a ticket that allows:
(a)  unlimited travel on the State Transit Authority’s bus services in the Newcastle Suburban Area, and
(b)  unlimited travel on the Stockton ferry.
Newcastle Pink TravelPass means a ticket that allows:
(a)  unlimited travel on the State Transit Authority’s bus services in the Newcastle Suburban Area, and
(b)  unlimited travel on the Stockton ferry, and
(c)  unlimited rail travel on RailCorp’s rail services in the area bounded by Farley, Telarah, Newcastle, Awaba and Toronto.
Newcastle Suburban Area means the area bounded by Gosford, Dungog, Muswellbrook, Toronto and Karuah.
Newcastle Time-Ten Multi-Ride bus ticket means a ticket that allows unlimited travel on the State Transit Authority’s bus services in the Newcastle Suburban Area.
Newcastle Yellow TravelPass means a ticket that allows:
(a)  unlimited travel on the State Transit Authority’s bus services in the Newcastle Suburban Area, and
(b)  unlimited travel on the Stockton ferry, and
(c)  unlimited rail travel on RailCorp’s rail services in the area bounded by Thornton, Newcastle and Booragul.
Orange TravelPass means a ticket that allows:
(a)  unlimited travel on the State Transit Authority’s bus services within the Sydney Suburban Area (except north of Jacksons Road Reserve and Lakeside Caravan Park, bounded by the section points at Jacksons Road and Walsh Street, North Narrabeen), and
(b)  unlimited travel on Sydney ferry services.
Outer Metropolitan Area means the area beyond the Sydney Suburban Area and bounded by Nowra, Moss Vale, Lithgow and Morisset.
pensioners’ combined rail/bus/ferry excursion ticket means a ticket (available only to the holders of certain concessional travel passes issued under section 88 of the Act) that allows:
(a)  unlimited travel on the State Transit Authority’s bus and ferry services, and
(b)  unlimited travel on Sydney ferry services, and
(c)  unlimited travel on RailCorp’s rail services, and
(d)  travel on some private operator bus services,
within the CityRail Area.
periodical ticket means a weekly ticket, a quarterly ticket or a yearly ticket.
Pink TravelPass means a ticket that allows:
(a)  unlimited travel on the State Transit Authority’s bus services within the Sydney Suburban Area (except north of Jacksons Road Reserve and Lakeside Caravan Park, bounded by the section points at Jacksons Road and Walsh Street, North Narrabeen), and
(b)  unlimited travel on Sydney ferry services, and
(c)  unlimited rail travel on RailCorp’s rail services in the area bounded by Bondi Junction, Hornsby (via Epping or via North Sydney), Sandown, Carlingford, Seven Hills, Liverpool, Holsworthy (via East Hills), Engadine and Caringbah.
Pittwater TravelPass means a ticket that allows:
(a)  unlimited travel on the State Transit Authority’s bus services within the Sydney Suburban Area, and
(b)  unlimited travel on Sydney ferry services.
premium service means a limited stop, flat fare bus service.
Purple TravelPass means a ticket that allows:
(a)  unlimited travel on the State Transit Authority’s bus services within the Sydney Suburban Area, and
(b)  unlimited travel on Sydney ferry services, and
(c)  unlimited rail travel on RailCorp’s rail services in the area bounded by Bondi Junction, Cowan, Carlingford, Richmond, Emu Plains, Macarthur (via Granville, via Regents Park or via East Hills), Otford and Cronulla.
quarterly ticket means a ticket issued for a period of 3 months.
rail service means services for the conveyance of passengers by rail or road coach, but not by light rail.
Red TravelPass means a ticket that allows:
(a)  unlimited travel on the State Transit Authority’s bus services in the area bounded by the section points at the following locations:
(i)  Watsons Bay,
(ii)  La Perouse,
(iii)  the Airport Terminus (General Holmes Drive), Mascot,
(iv)  Rockdale Station,
(v)  the intersection of Earlwood Street, Thompson Street and Prince Edward Avenue, Earlwood,
(vi)  Canterbury Station,
(vii)  Brighton Avenue, Croydon Park,
(viii)  the intersection of Liverpool Road and Malvern Avenue, Croydon,
(ix)  the intersection of Lang Street and Queen Street, Croydon,
(x)  Regatta Road, Canada Bay,
(xi)  Pittwater Road, Gladesville,
(xii)  the Lane Cove River,
(xiii)  East Lindfield,
(xiv)  the Spit Bridge, and
(b)  unlimited travel on the Inner Harbour ferry services, and
(c)  unlimited rail travel on RailCorp’s rail services in the area bounded by Chatswood, Bondi Junction, Rockdale, Canterbury, Bardwell Park and Croydon.
section means the portion of a bus route between 2 section points.
section point means any point on a bus route indicated as a section point on any of the State Transit’s bus stop signs.
special (racecourse) service means a bus service provided to and from race meetings on which special return fares are charged on forward journeys.
special (sporting) service means a bus service provided to and from sporting and other fixtures on which special return fares are charged on forward journeys.
Stockton ferry means the ferry service operated by the State Transit Authority between Newcastle and Stockton.
Sydney Suburban Area means the area bounded by Otford, Macarthur, Emu Plains, Richmond and Cowan.
the Act means the Transport Administration Act 1988.
tourist services means special tourist bus services operated by the State Transit Authority or special tourist ferry services operated by Sydney Ferries.
TravelTen ticket means a multi-trip ticket with a magnetic strip for use on the State Transit Authority’s bus services on 10 occasions only.
Two Zone TravelPass means a ticket that allows unlimited travel (otherwise than within the city business area or across the Sydney Harbour Bridge) on the State Transit Authority’s bus services in any 2 zones.
weekly ticket means a ticket issued for a period of one week.
yearly ticket means a ticket issued for a period of 12 months.
Yellow TravelPass means a ticket that allows:
(a)  unlimited travel on the State Transit Authority’s bus services within the Sydney Suburban Area (except north of Jacksons Road Reserve and Lakeside Caravan Park, bounded by the section points at Jacksons Road and Walsh Street, North Narrabeen), and
(b)  unlimited travel on Sydney ferry services, and
(c)  unlimited rail travel on RailCorp’s rail services in the area bounded by Bondi Junction, Waitara (via North Sydney), Epping (via North Strathfield), Hardies, Camellia, Parramatta, Granville, Chester Hill, Panania and Jannali.
zone means a zone having such boundaries as may be determined from time to time by the State Transit Authority.
(2)  In this clause, ticket means a valid ticket.
cl 13: Am 2005 (542), cl 3.
Schedule 1 Charges
(Clause 4)
Part 1 Sydney Suburban Area
Single Trip Fares
 
Full fare
$
Concession
$
Bus Services
1 or 2 sections (to 3.2 km)
1.70
0.80
3–5 sections (to 8.0 km)
2.80
1.40
6–9 sections (to 14.4 km)
3.70
1.80
10–15 sections (to 24.0 km)
4.50
2.20
16 or more sections
5.40
2.70
Multi-trip Fares
 
Full fare
$
Concession
$
Bus Services
TravelTen Blue (1 or 2 sections)
13.60
6.80
TravelTen Brown (3–5 sections)
22.40
11.20
TravelTen Red (6–9 sections)
29.60
14.80
TravelTen Green (10–15 sections)
36.10
18.00
TravelTen Orange (16 or more sections)
44.20
22.10
BusTripper
11.30
5.60
Multi-trip Intermodal Fares
DayTripper
15.40
7.70
Periodical Fares
 
Full fare
$
Concession
$
Weekly Periodical Fares
Two Zone TravelPass
30.00
15.00
Blue TravelPass
30.00
15.00
Red TravelPass
33.00
16.50
Orange TravelPass
37.00
18.50
Green TravelPass
41.00
20.50
Yellow TravelPass
45.00
22.50
Pink TravelPass
48.00
24.00
Pittwater TravelPass
51.00
25.50
Purple TravelPass
55.00
27.50
Quarterly Periodical Fares
The charge for a quarterly TravelPass ticket is 11 times that for the corresponding weekly TravelPass ticket.
Yearly Periodical Fares
The charge for a yearly TravelPass ticket is 40 times that for the corresponding weekly TravelPass ticket.
Special Services
 
Full fare
$
Concession
$
Special (Sporting) Services
Old RAS Showground (Moore Park), Sydney Cricket Ground or Sydney Football Stadium
5.00
2.50
Special (Racecourse) Service
Royal Randwick Racecourse
5.00
2.50
Part 2 Newcastle Suburban Area
 
Full fare
$
Concession
$
Bus Services
Newcastle Multi-Ride 1-Hour bus ticket
2.80
1.40
Newcastle Multi-Ride 4-Hour bus ticket
5.50
2.70
Newcastle Time-Ten Multi-Ride bus ticket
23.10
11.50
Ferry Service
Newcastle–Stockton
2.00
1.00
Intermodal Service
Newcastle Multi-Ride Day bus-ferry ticket
8.40
4.20
Intermodal Weekly Periodical Fares
Newcastle Orange TravelPass
37.00
18.50
Newcastle Yellow TravelPass
45.00
22.50
Newcastle Pink TravelPass
48.00
24.00
Quarterly Periodical Fares
The charge for a quarterly TravelPass ticket is 11 times that for the corresponding weekly TravelPass ticket.
Yearly Periodical Fares
The charge for a yearly TravelPass ticket is 40 times that for the corresponding weekly TravelPass ticket.
Part 3 Additional concessional fares
 
$
Pensioner’s Combined Rail/Bus/Ferry Excursion Tickets
Travel wholly within the CityRail Area
2.50
School Travel
Bus term ticket for school travel (per term)
40.00
sch 1: Am 2005 (884), Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2006 (380), Sch 1.