Default fares
| Mode | Fare type | Default fare |
|---|
| Train | Full fare | $4.50 |
| Concession | $2.25 |
| Tram | Full fare | $4.50 |
| Concession | $2.25 |
The most important thing for tram travel is a myki card. These can be purchased from machines at train stations, select newsagencies and from certain tram stops with machines. A myki card will cost you $6 and needs to be topped up with money to travel.
Free tram zone covers stops D11 to 11, fare zone 1 applies from stop 12 to 71.
The new ticket option is available to most Android users, as long as their phone runs Android 5.0 or higher and has a built-in NFC wireless chip for contactless transactions. Sydney uses an “open loop” ticketing system, which means you can tap on with your contactless credit or debit card instead of an Opal card.
Melbourne's burgundy and gold City Circle Trams offer free travel to city sights and attractions, with audio commentary on points of interest along the route. The route runs along Flinders Street, Harbour Esplanade, Docklands Drive, La Trobe Street and Spring Street.
You can travel between the city and St Kilda, Coburg, Bundoora, Port Melbourne, Carnegie, Box Hill, Vermont South and Brunswick. Your trip is free if you're just travelling in the city's Free Tram Zone.
Yes you wil need a MYKI card. Melbourne transport is completely cash free. If you are staying at the Rialto, generally you are in walking distance of anything within the city. There is also a free city circle tram that will take you to most areas around the city center.
A full fare myki card costs $6 and a concession, seniors or child myki costs $3. For more information about how to use your myki, visit ptv.vic.gov.au or call 1800 800 007.
For the journeys that need payment, you can buy tickets at newsagents and convenience stores, or from cash machines on the trams. The tickets have to be validated by time-stamping them in a machine on the tram, after which they are valid for the time purchased.
The new Free Tram Zone includes the area from Queen Victoria Market, across to Victoria Harbour in Docklands, up to Spring Street and over to Flinders Street Station and Federation Square.
A tram strike will shut down the tram network tomorrow, leaving commuters across Melbourne in the lurch. Tram drivers will walk off the job between 10am and 2pm, as part of ongoing industrial action over a pay dispute.
Night TramNight Trams run every 30 minutes on routes 19, 67, 75, 86, 96 and 109. You can travel between the city and St Kilda, Coburg, Bundoora, Port Melbourne, Carnegie, Box Hill, Vermont South and Brunswick. Your trip is free if you're just travelling in the city's Free Tram Zone. View the Free Tram Zone map.
Trams and TrainsTrain and tram services run between 5am and midnight, Monday to Thursday. Melbourne has 24 hour public transport on weekends.
You'll need either a myki or paper ticket to travel on public transport in Melbourne and regional Victoria.
There is a flat fare throughout the bus and tram network, £1.50 with Oyster card or contactless. Travelcards are valid on trams. From 16 July 2018, paper tickets will not be available or accepted on trams. Bus passes are valid for the whole bus and tram network and are not divided into zones.
The best way to get around Melbourne is by tram. Trams operate throughout the day and offer multiple routes that criss-cross the city. There's even a free tram designed just for tourists. You can also board Melbourne's buses and trains with the same myki ticket that you'll use for trams.
All stops within the free zone are clearly marked and tram drivers will make regular announcements when approaching the zone boundaries. If your tram journey is exclusively within the zone, travel is free, meaning you do not need to touch on with a myki. Do not touch on or you will be charged a Zone 1 two hour fare.
And because the free tram zone ends at Federation Square, you'll need to get off and walk across the Princes Bridge for attractions like the National Gallery of Victoria, the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), AAMI Park or the National Tennis Centre.
