Pensioners public transport deals around the nation

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Perth

http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/TicketsandFares/SmartRider/BuyingSmartRider/AgedandDisabilitySupportPensionerSmartRiders.aspx

Aged and Disability Support Pensioner SmartRiders

Aged and Disability Support Pension cardholders are entitled to travel for free on all Transperth services between 9.00am and 3.30pm Monday to Friday, all day Saturday and Sunday, as well as public holidays. 

The period of free travel commences from the time of the initial tag on and operates until the completion of the transfer period.  During weekdays (excluding public holidays), if a tag on occurs before 9.00am, normal concession fare rules apply for that journey until the expiry of the transfer period, this period being two hours for travel up to four zones and three hours for travel covering five to nine zones.

The free travel entitlements can only be accessed via SmartRider, Transperth's electronic ticketing system, so you must have an Aged or Disability Support Pension SmartRider to travel for free during these times. Your Aged ore Disability Support Pension SmartRider must be tagged on and off to access the free public transport entitlements. To use your SmartRider for discounted concession travel outside of the entitelment period, you will need to add value to your card. Click here for detailed instructions on how to tag on and off, as well as video demonstrations on how to do so.

If you are an Aged or Disability Support Pension cardholder, you must apply for a Pensioner SmartRider card at your nearest Transperth InfoCentre or SmartRider Retail Sales Outlet (RSO). Click here to find your nearest Transperth InfoCentre or click here for your nearest RSO.  Or you can call 13 62 13 and ask to have an application sent to you in the post.


If you also hold a WA Seniors card, you do not need to apply for a new Pensioner SmartRider. Please click here for information about Seniors SmartRider.

Adelaide

http://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/ticketing/seniors-free-travel

Just show your Seniors Card and you'll travel Free on all Adelaide Metro public transport services:

    9.01 am to 3 pm weekdays
    All day on weekends and public holidays

Melbourne

http://ptv.vic.gov.au/fares-tickets/free-travel-passes/free-weekend-travel/

Free weekend travel

Victorian Seniors Card holders, Disability Support Pensioners and Carer Payment recipients are eligible for a free myki which contains a free weekend travel entitlement.

Your myki will automatically give you free travel on weekends within any two adjacent zones (for example, Zones 1 and 2) in Victoria when you touch on and touch off.

You must carry both your myki and a valid Victorian Seniors Card or Centrelink Pensioner Concession Card with you in order to travel free on weekends.

To access free weekend travel on 'non myki' regional town bus services, you can use a valid Victorian Seniors Card or Centrelink Pensioner Concession Card as a flash pass. You do not need a senior or concession myki.

Victorian Seniors Card holders, Disability Support Pensioners and Carer Payment recipients can access free travel on Sundays with a Sunday Pass. For more information, see Sunday Pass.

Sydney

http://www.131500.com.au/tickets/concessions/pensioners

Pensioner Concession Card holders are also entitled to three cheap daily excursion tickets:

    The $2.50 Pensioner Excursion Ticket which gives unlimited travel, all day in the Sydney metropolitan and outer metropolitan areas - Newcastle, the Lower Hunter, the Central Coast, the Blue Mountains, Lithgow and the Illawarra, on government trains, buses and ferries, T-way buses,  participating private bus servics and Metro Light Rail. Also available on private regulated ferry services but restricted to local residents reliant on the ferry as their point of entry to the metropolitan and outer metropolitan public transport network, and requires prior registration with the local operator;
    The $2.50 Country Pensioner Excursion (CPE) fare on CountryLink services provided outside of the CityRail network. This ticket is only available to NSW/ACT and Victorian card holders. Cardholders from other Australian States and Territories are entitled to half fare; and
    The $2.50 Regional Excursion Daily (RED) ticket on regulated local bus services or local bus network in rural and regional areas, but excluding dedicated school services.

Hobart

http://www.metrotas.com.au/tickets-and-fares/concessions

Concession ticket types

    Single trip ticket: unlimited travel (including transfers) within the urban area, for a 90 minute period from the time the ticket is purchased. A single trip ticket can be purchased from the driver; you may also use a Metro Greencard.
    Day Tripper: unlimited urban travel after 9.00am.

Brisbane

http://translink.com.au/tickets-and-fares/go-card/benefits

In south east Queensland  Seniors (and some DVA pensioners) have a two daily journey cap.

Seniors have become adept in making two quick short journeys to reach the threshold and then travel for the rest of the day free, which means peak space taken up with pensioners doing 'zoners' ... lol.   Only in Queensland,  dumb dumb state ...

[HappyTrainGuy]

At least it gives Queensland pensioners something to do while trying to workout our PT timetables, maps and bus stop locations