Opal Card Unlimited Transport for $2.50 on Sundays - Now ALL SYDNEY + Blue Mountain + Hunter

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gsrt22 on 07/04/2014 - 17:29 opal.com.au (2409 clicks)
Last edited 07/04/2014 - 20:27 by 1 other user

On Sunday, travel all day on any mode of transport for no more than $2.50.

In addition to all ferries, from 11th April All Sydney Train stations, and many Intercity trains will have Opal card readers too.

So basicly you can travel from Sydney to Blue mountain, Wollongong , Hunter, … (or in sydney a return Manly ferry which normaly costs $14) on a Sunday and pay only $2.50.

Currently, only way to order the card is online (but the website suggests soon they will have retail shops in Sydney selling them). once ordered online, It takes 4 days for the card to arrive, so you can use them intime for school holidays.

Also now Child/youth cards are available too.

complete rollout map:
https://www.opal.com.au/asset/d7d50cf6-8167-4aa7-9a73-8f2b3c…

Some other benefits:

• Make several trips on the same mode of transport, with interchanges of less than 60 minutes, and only pay for a single journey
• possibility of getting a refund (within 30 minutes of starting your trip) at the starting station.
• travel all day for no more than $15 per day from Monday to Saturday.
• After 8 paid journeys in a week, all journeys after that are free to customers.
• A further off-peak discount of 30%
• Travel all week for no more than $52
• Never Queue again or worrying about which ticket to buy
• Opal fares are cheaper than MyFerry, single, return or Travel Ten*1 ticket

*1 - If you travel twice daily Monday to Friday, when you reach the Weekly Travel Reward.

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Opal Card - NSW Government

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  punk on 08/04/2014 - 14:55

  The transport minister is doing really poor to get the word out. People I speak to have no idea about the opal.

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    neil aus on 08/04/2014 - 16:08

    Not really a federal thing… More like the NSW premier is not advertising it well.

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  DEvok on 09/04/2014 - 12:37

  If they had $2.50 imagine the money city rail would be making, also saves our environment by a mile.

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  [Deactivated] on 11/04/2014 - 16:47

  is this 2.50 travel only for opal cards? i didn't get mine in time.

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    retiredfeline on 11/04/2014 - 16:59

    Maybe you could borrow a kid for the $2.50 family ticket.

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    grab_ur_freebies on 11/04/2014 - 17:00

    Yes, $2.5 all day travel on Sundays regardless of Opal card type.

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  abc on 14/04/2014 - 10:41

  +1

  I have a question. How does a ticket checker check your ticket? Do they carry a card scanner with them to "validate" you Opal card?

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    retiredfeline on 14/04/2014 - 10:48

    +2

    Yes, it's in the FAQ on the Opal site.

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      cwongtech on 14/04/2014 - 15:02

      Yes, it's in the FAQ on the Opal site.

      I'd like to see them use it in buses as well. If anything, it would have to connect to a central server via a 3G/4G connection of some sort. Time to carry a signal jammer :D

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        retiredfeline on 14/04/2014 - 15:22

        Which is close to a description of a mobile phone with a NFC reader. There's probably an app for them. :)

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        cwongtech on 14/04/2014 - 17:38

        Which is close to a description of a mobile phone with a NFC reader. There's probably an app for them. :)

        The reader would still need to have a connection to a central database with a clearing house, otherwise if all data + money is locally stored on the Opal NFC chip, then that would be prone to modification (if one was ever reverse engineered/hacked)

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        retiredfeline on 14/04/2014 - 17:48

        Sure, I bet the data is centrally stored. A mobile device with a connection to the Internet, that's nothing special now.

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        cwongtech on 14/04/2014 - 18:39

        Sure, I bet the data is centrally stored. A mobile device with a connection to the Internet, that's nothing special now.

        Exactly. But it would be such a shame if that mobile device couldn't connect to the Internet now, wouldn't it? :)

        Hence mobile phone jammer/scrambler. Even if it was to be connected to onboard wifi on the bus, that would still go through a 3G/4G connection.

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        retiredfeline on 15/04/2014 - 12:02

        Meh, all that bother to scam a free ride. Surely you have better things to do with your talent? ;)

        Besides, some info can be ascertained without an Internet connection. Whether you are entitled to that type of Opal card, checked against a proof of age card. The last time you tapped on, which is probably stored on the card. They won't be interested in credit, as that will be calculated at tap off or default to the max for the day if you don't tap off.

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        grab_ur_freebies on 15/04/2014 - 14:23

        I agree ^^. I think the most important thing they are looking for is if you actually tapped on at all within the last few hours [1-6hrs?] (to initiate a 'trip' so the system starts calculating). A trip around the Sydney trains network should not take more than ~12hrs. If the last time was beyond 24hrs then they might check for ID to ensure it was not a stolen card, but if not within 24hrs/day you tapped on you will still get charged the default fare for a trip if you didn't tap off (@ a station with or w/o gates).

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        cwongtech on 15/04/2014 - 20:04

        +1

        Meh, all that bother to scam a free ride. Surely you have better things to do with your talent? ;)

        No, the issue is, paying the shortest fare for the longest ride.
        At the moment, I use MyBus2s and MyBus3s accordingly (100% legit), but I see business attire commuters and older members of society (non-pensioners) who are all dipping MyBus1s, when the minimum trip (Outbound CBD) is a MyBus2.
        If a ticket checker caught them, they'd be fined because it's the wrong ticket type. I have been tempted to follow their habits but out of the risk of ticket checkers I don't do it, however I see a LOT of people in the 30s and 40s use the cheapest ticket type when they're not supposed to.
        I will replicate this action of the equivalent dipping mybus1s if they aren't able to check when I've tapped off as well. Really sick of paying so much for crappy public transport that isn't on time.

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        retiredfeline on 15/04/2014 - 20:09

        +1

        Yeah, there was news today was a UK businessman who settled a suit for some ₤40,000 in evaded fares.

        With the Opal to cheat you'd have to tap off prematurely. If you don't tap off you get charged the max distance. Another cheat is to use a concession when not entitled, but that's no different from paper tickets.

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        cwongtech on 15/04/2014 - 20:27

        +1

        Yeah, there was news today was a UK businessman who settled a suit for some ₤40,000 in evaded fares.

        Maximum penalty is $550, on-the-spot fine is $200.

        With the Opal to cheat you'd have to tap off prematurely.

        Exactly what I intend to do if they can't check. I'm more than happy to pay for a good service, however, you need to add at least thirty minutes and up to an hour when you plan your travel time with sydney public transport, that's BS in a first world country, and if anyone says we're making the problem worse by not paying our full fare (I do), and say they "need the money" to fix their problem, no they (sydney transport) don't, that's exactly the same excuse druggies use for "need more money".

        If you don't tap off you get charged the max distance.

        Fair enough, as long as they don't charge 100km.

        Another cheat is to use a concession when not entitled, but that's no different from paper tickets.

        Although I am entitled, it's still pretty expensive even with concession.

        From the sydney buses website:

        Transport Officers
        Police, Transit Officers and Transport Officers regularly patrol bus services to ensure you have a safe and trouble free journey.

        Yeah right, should be changed to "ensure there are no fare evaders".

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        boganrogan on 30/04/2014 - 10:36

        If the last time was beyond 24hrs
        then they might check for ID
        to ensure it was not a stolen card

        Wrong.

        There is no obligation to carry ID on NSW public transport.

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    neonlight on 15/04/2014 - 11:56

    +2

    So who's been caught by card scanner?

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  FrugalPoodle on 03/05/2014 - 22:00

  Here is another map that is abit easier to read.

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  the urbanite on 04/07/2015 - 14:38

  I know its old but no one has pointed out how insanely good this offer this for those want a cheap Sydney weekend out?
  Especially if you have an Opal card in the back of your wallet, like myself.

  Eg, You could ride the Ferry from Circular Quay to Manly or Parrammatta.
  [http://www.au.timeout.com/sydney/aroundtown/features/3884/sydneys-six-best-ferry-trips]
  [http://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Attractions-g255060-Activities-Sydney_New_South_Wales.html]

  …or catch the Train to Blue Mountains (Katoomba) or Newcastle (nearly)..
  Which is actually considered one of the most scenic inter-urban rail journeys in the world.

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