Passenger Transport (Opal and Other Fares) Amendment Order 2017 (NSW)

New South Wales

Passenger Transport (Opal and Other Fares)

Amendment Order 2017

under the

Passenger Transport Act 2014

I, Tim Reardon, Secretary of the Department of Transport, in pursuance of section 125 of the

Passenger Transport Act 2014, make the following Order on behalf of TfNSW.

Dated, this 22nd day of June 2017.

Secretary

Department of Transport

Explanatory note
The object of this Order is to amend the Passenger Transport (Opal and Other Fares) Order 2016 as follows:

(a)	to increase maximum Opal fares and fare caps and Opal single trip ticket fares,
(b)	to provide for maximum Opal fares for light rail services (which were formerly set under a passenger service contract between Transport for NSW and the accredited operator of those services) and to increase certain of the maximum fares for those services,
(c)	to increase (from $52 to $53 per term) the maximum fare for a school term bus pass,
(d)	to clarify that fare caps apply only to Opal smartcard fares and not to Opal single trip ticket fares.

Maximum fares not being increased include the Senior/Pensioner daily cap of $2.50, the Stockton Ferry Opal single trip ticket fares and certain bus band 1, bus band 2, light rail band 1 and light rail band 2 Opal single trip ticket fares.

This Order is made under section 125 of the Passenger Transport Act 2014.
Passenger Transport (Opal and Other Fares) Amendment Order

2017

under the

Passenger Transport Act 2014

1      Name of Order

This Order is the Passenger Transport (Opal and Other Fares) Amendment Order
2017.

2      Commencement

This Order commences on 3 July 2017 and is required to be published in the Gazette.

Schedule 1 Amendment of Passenger Transport (Opal and
Other Fares) Order 2016

[1]      Clause 3 Definitions

Insert in alphabetical order in clause 3 (1):

light rail service means a public passenger service provided by means of a
light rail vehicle.

[2]      Clause 4 Maximum fares

Omit clause 4 (2)–(4): Insert instead:

(2)	The fares in respect of light rail services supplied in accordance with an Opal smartcard or Opal single trip ticket are set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1.
(3)	The fares in respect of bus services supplied in accordance with an Opal smartcard or Opal single trip ticket are set out in Part 3 of Schedule 1.
(4)	The fares in respect of ferry services supplied in accordance with an Opal smartcard or Opal single trip ticket are set out in Part 4 of Schedule 1.

(4A) The Opal smartcard fares set out in Parts 1–4 of Schedule 1 are subject to the fare caps set out in Part 5 of that Schedule. The fare caps do not apply to Opal single trip ticket fares.

[3]      Clause 4

Insert at the end of the clause:

(10) The fares provided for in this Order are maximum fares.

[4]      Schedule 1

Omit the Schedule. Insert instead:

Schedule 1 Opal fares

(Clause 4 (1)–(4A) and (8))

Part 1 Opal fares for rail passenger services

Peak and off-peak fares

Opal smartcard	Peak full	Off-peak	Peak	Off-peak
fare	full fare	concession	concession
fare	fare
Train—distance band 1	$3.46	$2.42	$1.73	$1.21
Train—distance band 2	$4.30	$3.01	$2.15	$1.50
Train—distance band 3	$4.94	$3.45	$2.47	$1.72
Train—distance band 4	$6.61	$4.62	$3.30	$2.31
Train—distance band 5	$8.50	$5.95	$4.25	$2.97
Maximum default fare for failure to	$8.50	$5.95	$4.25	$2.97
tap on or off

Note. The fares include travel on rail replacement bus services, including in Newcastle.

Opal single trip ticket	Full fare	Child/youth fare
Train—distance band 1	$4.20	$2.10
Train—distance band 2	$5.20	$2.60
Train—distance band 3	$6.00	$3.00
Train—distance band 4	$8.00	$4.00
Train—distance band 5	$10.20	$5.10

Note.The fares include travel on rail replacement bus services, including in Newcastle.

Part 2 Opal fares for light rail services

Opal smartcard	Full fare	Concession fare
Light rail—distance band 1	$2.15	$1.07
Light rail—distance band 2	$3.58	$1.79
Light rail—distance band 3	$4.61	$2.30
Maximum default fare for failure to tap on or off	$4.61	$2.30

Note. The fares include travel on light rail replacement buses.

Opal single trip ticket	Full fare	Child/youth fare
Light rail—distance band 1	$2.60	$1.30
Light rail—distance band 2	$4.30	$2.10
Light rail—distance band 3	$5.60	$2.80

Note. The fares include travel on light rail replacement buses.

Part 3 Opal fares for bus services

Opal smartcard	Full fare	Concession fare
Bus—distance band 1	$2.15	$1.07
Bus—distance band 2	$3.58	$1.79
Bus—distance band 3	$4.61	$2.30
Maximum default fare for failure to tap on or off	$4.61	$2.30
Opal single trip ticket	Full fare	Child/youth fare
Bus—distance band 1	$2.60	$1.30
Bus—distance band 2	$4.30	$2.10
Bus—distance band 3	$5.60	$2.80

Part 4 Opal fares for ferry services

Opal smartcard	Full fare	Concession fare
Ferry—distance band 1	$5.88	$2.94
Ferry—distance band 2	$7.35	$3.67
Maximum default fare for failure to tap on or off	$7.35	$3.67
Stockton Ferry	$2.15	$1.07

Note. The fares include travel on ferry replacement buses.

Opal single trip ticket	Full fare	Child/youth fare
Ferry—distance band 1	$7.10	$3.50
Ferry—distance band 2	$8.90	$4.40
Stockton Ferry	$2.60	$1.30

Note. The fares include travel on ferry replacement buses.

Part 5 Fare caps (for Opal smartcard fares in Parts 1–4)

Type of fare cap	Amount of full	Amount of	Amount of
fare cap	concession fare	Senior/
cap	Pensioner cap
Daily fare cap (Monday to	$15.40	$7.70	$2.50
Saturday)
Daily fare cap (Sunday)	$2.60	$2.60	$2.50
Weekly fare cap	$61.60	$30.80	Not applicable

[5]      Schedule 2 Special services fares and school term bus pass

Omit “$52.00” from the matter relating to the school term bus pass (per term).
Insert instead “$53.00”.