Pensioner Excursion Ticket (PET)
The Pensioner Excursion Ticket (PET) provides eligible concession holders with an all-day ticket that provides unlimited travel on buses, trains and ferries within a broad area in NSW for only $2.50.
Tickets are valid until 4am the following day.
The ticket can be used for travel on:
- Sydney Buses
- Newcastle Buses and Ferries
- CityRail - Suburban and Inter-urban services bounded by Scone, Dungog, Bomaderry (Nowra), Bathurst and Moss Vale
- T-way Services
- Sydney Ferries Corporation services
- Private buses in the Sydney Metropolitan, Wollongong/Illawarra, Blue Mountains/Lithgow, and Central Coast/Newcastle/Lower Hunter areas.
You can now buy your Pensioner Excursion tickets before you travel. Tickets sold from State Transit ticket resellers and TransitShops become valid when first used.
Short distance and single ride bus travel
Concession single ride tickets can be used for travel over short distances. This can be cheaper than using a PET.
Compare single ride concession prices.
The all-day Pensioner Excursion ticket is provided as a concession for pensioners and eligible seniors. Concession TravelTen tickets are not available.
Who is eligible to use a PET?
Pensioner Excursion Tickets are available to people holding:
- Centrelink pensioner concession cards
- NSW Seniors Cards
- NSW or Victorian War Widow (or Widower) concession cards.
Limitations
Pensioner Excursion Tickets cannot be used:
- on Sydney Explorer Buses
- on Bondi Explorer Buses
- on Special Event buses
- to access or exit stations at Green Square, Mascot, Domestic or International Terminals. An additional station access fee must be paid.
How to use a PET
- On Sydney Buses, insert your ticket into the green machine on the bus.
- On CityRail trains, insert the ticket into the automatic gates. Where there are no gates, show the ticket to the CityRail attendant.
- On Sydney Ferries, insert your ticket into the turnstile or present it to the deckhand on-board.
- On Private buses, tickets can either be used as a flash pass, or dipped into their validating machines upon boarding the bus.
Cost
DAILY EXCURSION TICKET
Ticket Type
Adult
Eligible
Concession
Prices shown are effective from 3 January 2010. Please refer to our concessions list for eligibility.
Where to buy
There are over 800 ticket resellers across the Sydney Buses network, including more than 140 in the city.
Tickets are available from a variety of outlets including Australia Post outlets, Newsagents, 7-eleven and convenience stores. Tickets are also available from Sydney Buses' TransitShops, CityRail train stations and Sydney Ferries wharves. Find out where to buy tickets.
Useful information
Safe Travel for seniors on Buses