Accepted bus passes for student travel

Type of card Front of card Back of card Fare Notes

(example only) (example only)

METRO & METRO & The student bus pass for free travel enables
TASSIELINK TASSIELINK students to travel for free between home
ONLY and school, on all Metro & Tassielink services
Student bus pass (excluding Merseylink urban services), on
for free travel FREE school days only between 6am & 6pm.

NON-METRO The student bus pass for free travel enables

SERVICES students to travel for free between home and
school, on all non-Metro fare charging student
NON-METRO FREE bus services (excluding Merseylink urban
SERVICES services), on school days only.
If required, card
Student bus pass can also be The card has the free travel expiry date
for free travel programmed printed on the front of the card.
for free travel
on Metro & Once the expiry date has past, the free travel
Must be printed with year 2019, Tassielink entitlement is no longer valid.
2020, 2021 or 2022 to be valid

Students travelling on Merseylink urban

services only should present a student bus
URBAN
pass for free travel that looks like the image
MERSEYLINK SERVICES
displayed here.
ONLY
Student bus pass The card has the free travel expiry date
for free travel printed on the front of the card.
FREE
Once the expiry date has past, the free travel
Must be printed with year 2019, entitlement is no longer valid.
2020, 2021 or 2022 to be valid
 Accepted bus passes for student travel continued
The student should present a free transfer
pass on the second and subsequent fare
charging bus service, to enable them to travel
for free.
Free transfer SECOND
pass TRIP FREE The free transfer expiry date is printed on the
front of the card.
Free travel is only valid for the journey and
Must be printed with year 2019, operator listed on the pass.
2020, 2021 or 2022 to be valid

METRO & METRO & The fare paying student Greencard enables
TASSIELINK TASSIELINK students to access the discounted student fare
ONLY on Metro and Tassielink only.
Fare paying
student The card remains valid until the end of the
Greencard $1.44 year in which the student turns 18.

MERSEYLINK The fare paying student Smart Card enables

URBAN
Fare paying SERVICES students to access the discounted student fare
student Smart on Merseylink urban services only.
Card The card remains valid until the end of the
$1.44 year in which the student turns 18.

NON-METRO
SERVICES Students travelling on all fare charging services (excluding Metro, Tassielink and Merseylink) should present a 10-ride ticket to access the discounted
student fare.
10-ride ticket