Regional bus tickets

If you’re travelling on a regional bus, you need a myki or a bus paper ticket. There are three types of paper tickets, Category A, Category B and PTV Daily tickets. You should purchase a PTV daily ticket if you wish to take advantage of the regional fare cap, to avoid paying extra.

Town bus travel is also included with your myki or V/Line paper ticket if you’re travelling to or from some regional stations.

Regional buses in central Ballarat street

myki is used if you're travelling on:

  • Town buses in Bacchus Marsh, Ballarat, Bendigo, Bellarine Peninsula, Churchill, Eildon, Geelong, Kilmore, Mornington Peninsula, Seymour, Wallan and Warragul.
  • Latrobe Valley intertown buses.

It's best to buy and top up your myki before travelling. 

You only need to use a myki on regional buses if you are not travelling outside of the myki boundary. If you are travelling beyond the myki boundary to an area that requires paper tickets, you should not touch on your myki.

Category A tickets can be used to travel in:

  • Bairnsdale, Benalla, Cobram, Colac, Drouin, Echuca/Moama, Gisborne, Hamilton, Horsham, Korumburra, Kyneton, Lakes Entrance, Maryborough, Mildura, Portland, Rochester, Sale, Shepparton/Mooroopna, Swan Hill, Wangaratta, Warrnambool, Wodonga/Albury, Wonthaggi and Yarrawonga.

You can also use a Category A bus ticket for travel on the following V/Line services:

  • V/Line train services between Marshall and Lara
  • V/Line train services between Eaglehawk and Kangaroo Flat
  • V/Line coach services between Bendigo and Strathfieldsaye.

You can buy your Category A paper ticket on the bus.

Category B tickets can be used to travel in:

  • Ararat, Beaufort and Stawell.

You can buy your Category B paper ticket on the bus.

Ticket types for Category A and B paper tickets

Tickets are available as full fare or concession, except for the Student Weekly ticket.

2 hour

  • 2 hour tickets allow for unlimited travel for at least two hours on local buses.
  • The ticket expires two hours from the next full hour after it was bought. For example, a ticket bought at 8.55am will expire at 11am and a ticket bought at 9.05am will expire at 12 noon. Tickets purchased after 6pm are valid until last service.

Daily

  • A Daily ticket allows unlimited travel on town bus services on the day the ticket is issued.

Weekly

  • Weekly tickets allow unlimited travel between the origin and destination printed on the ticket for seven consecutive days.
  • The ticket expires seven days from the start date printed on the ticket.

Monthly

  • Monthly tickets allow unlimited travel between the origin and destination printed on the ticket for one month.
  • The ticket expires at the end of services one month from the start date printed on the ticket.

Student Weekly (Category B only)

  • Student Weekly tickets allow unlimited travel between the origin and destination printed on the ticket for seven consecutive days.
  • The ticket expires seven days from the start date printed on the ticket.
  • The ticket can only be used by students.

PTV daily tickets

If you are using multiple train or bus services in a day and wish to take advantage of the regional fare cap, you can purchase a PTV daily ticket on the bus. This ticket will allow you to travel on any PTV service within Victoria for the price of the daily fare cap. Note that some services may require reservation.

Using your regional train or coach ticket on town buses

You can use your myki or V/Line paper ticket to travel on some local town buses, excluding privately operated services. Town bus travel is included if you travel to or from one of these stations:

  • Ballarat, Bendigo, Corio, Eaglehawk, Epsom, Geelong, Kangaroo Flat, Kilmore East, Marshall, Moe, Morwell, North Geelong, North Shore, Seymour, South Geelong, Traralgon, Wendouree, Wallan, Waurn Ponds.

You must show your myki or V/Line paper ticket to the driver when you board the bus. You can't buy a V/Line paper ticket or myki on board the bus. Find out more about regional train and coach tickets.