PrePay
PrePay simply means purchasing a ticket before boarding the bus. Customers are encouraged to PrePay every time they travel.
PrePay only buses do not sell cash fares on board. Customers must use a pre-purchased ticket to use these services.
There are over 800 ticket resellers in Sydney, including newsagents, 7-elevens and convenience stores. Tickets are also available from Sydney Buses' TransitShops, CityRail train stations and Sydney Ferries wharves.
Find out where to buy tickets.
Benefits
The benefits of PrePay include:
- Quicker boarding times for bus travellers to increase the reliability of bus services.
- Easy transfer of large notes, instead of requiring change from the driver, who only carries limited change.
- Shorter boarding times, so less waiting at bus stops.
- Saving money, as most of our PrePay tickets are discounted.
PrePay Only Bus Stops
The first trial to speed up boarding times was conducted in 2004 at the Watson Street bus stop on Military Road, Neutral Bay and saw a drop in on-board cash sales from 12% to 4% and average loading times were reduced from 50 seconds to 36 seconds. This involved the sale of single ride magnetic tickets off the bus by staff at State Transit's ticketing booth at Watson Street during the morning peak.
The outbound Druitt Street bus stop was trialled as a PrePay Only bus stop between the hours of 3.30pm and 6.30pm. This initiative aimed to reduce passenger loading time at the stop and improve on-time service running for the trip. The City CBD is now PrePay-only for all services between 7am and 7pm Monday to Friday.Chatswood Station Westside bus stops at Railway Street & Victoria Avenue and Epping Interchange were converted to PrePay-only allowing larger numbers of passengers to board our services quickly and efficiently and further improve the reliability of our bus services.
See our list of PrePay-only bus stops across the Sydney metropolitan area.
Ticket Vending Machines
Ticket Vending Machines (TVM's) have been installed outside the Carrington Street TransitShop at Wynyard and at Bondi Junction Interchange. These machines issue single ride magnetic tickets and the Bondi Junction TVM also issues Pensioner Excursion tickets.
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