These icons will help you locate the concessions available to you:
Companion Card
Services Australia Health Care Card
Services Australia Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
Concession available to anyone who meets the eligibility criteria
Services Australia Pensioner Concession Card
Seniors Card
Department of Veterans' Affairs Pensioner Concession Card
Department of Veterans’ Affairs Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
In 2019 student fares of $1.80 (single trip) apply at all times, not just for travel to and from an educational facility. Any fare increase for 2020 will be implemented in January 2020. This concession applies to students who are:
A further 20 per cent discount is available on the presentation of a Greencard (Metro and Tassielink) or Smart Card (Merseylink).
For more information:
Metro Tasmania
Phone: 132 201
Email: correspondence@metrotas.com.au
Web: www.metrotas.com.au
Merseylink
Phone: 6427 7626
Email: admin@merseylink.com.au
Web: www.merseylink.com.au
In 2019 student fares of $1.80 (single trip) apply at all times, not just for travel to and from school. Any fare increase for 2020 will be implemented in January 2020. This concession applies to students who are:
Students who are travelling on a service without an electronic ticketing system will receive a 20% discount upon purchase of a 10-ride ticket.
A further 20 per cent discount is available on the presentation of a Greencard (Metro and Tassielink) or Smart Card (Merseylink).
Contact your bus service operator.
Adult concession fares apply to full-time students from the start of the year in which they turn 19 while they attend a senior secondary college, university, TasTAFE or Tasmanian College of English.
Students should carry appropriate student identification to validate their entitlement to adult concession fares.
A 50 per cent concession on the adult base fare applies at all times, not just for travel to and from an education facility, and is available to adult students upon presentation of Student ID who are:
Contact your bus service operator.
A student bus pass for free travel provides free travel on one or more fare charging bus services between home and school. Free travel applies between 6.00 am and 7.00 pm on school days for students who are:
and who meet one or more of the following eligibility criteria:
Department of State Growth
Phone: 6166 3333 or 1300 135 513
Email: bus.passes@stategrowth.tas.gov.au
Website: www.transport.tas.gov.au/student
Adult students may be eligible for a special circumstance student bus pass which provides them with discounted travel on one or more fare charging bus services between 6.00 am and 7.00 pm on school days, if they meet the following criteria:
If the student holds a current Concession Card, they may be eligible to travel for free.
Approved students are eligible to travel at the child student fare at all times.
Department of State Growth
Phone: 6166 3333 or 1300 135 513
Email: bus.passes@stategrowth.tas.gov.au
Web: www.transport.tas.gov.au/student
A travel allowance of 41 cents per kilometre (45 cents for students living on the West Coast) may be payable to:
Where apprentices and trainees are required to travel within Tasmania for training, an accommodation allowance of $50 per night (to a maximum of $300 per week) is available to:
Where apprentices and trainees are required to travel from Flinders Island, King Island and Cape Barren Island, an accommodation allowance of $50 per night is available, including weekends, if attending for two or three weeks. The Tasmanian Government will:
Where apprentices and trainees are required to travel to the mainland for training, the Tasmanian Government will (to a maximum amount of $8 000 per calendar year):
Skills Tasmania
Phone: 1800 655 846
Email: enquiries@skills.tas.gov.au
Web: SkillsTasmania
An allowance to assist with the cost of transporting students to the nearest school or school bus service is available to students:
Department of State Growth
Phone: 6166 3350
Email: passenger.transport@stategrowth.tas.gov.au
Web: www.transport.tas.gov.au
Concession fares in non-urban areas are distance based fares, set at half the price of a full adult fare, available to people who hold a:
or are
For more information:
Contact your bus service operator.
The Transport Access Scheme (TAS) assists people with a life-long permanent and severe disability which affects mobility.
An Australian Disability Parking Permit entitles TAS members to utilise disability parking spots and additional time in areas controlled by parking signs (including parking meters).
Temporary Australian Disability Parking Permits for non-TAS members may be applied for through major metropolitan councils.
Department of State Growth
Phone: 1300 135 513
Email: passenger.transport@stategrowth.tas.gov.au
Web: www.transport.tas.gov.au
People who hold a Vision Impairment Travel Pass, their guide dog and attendant travel for free on all urban and non-urban Tasmanian public transport bus services.
Applicants for this card must hold a current Pensioner Concession Card endorsed for Disability Support Pension Blind or Age Blind Pension, or a DVA (Blind) Pension.
The concession is also available to an accompanying mobility instructor authorised by Guide Dogs Tasmania.
For more information:
Department of State Growth
Phone: 1300 135 513
Email: passenger.transport@stategrowth.tas.gov.au
Website: www.transport.tas.gov.au
A rebate of 50 per cent on the cost of one return trip to Northern Tasmania per financial year is available to age pensioners living on Bass Strait islands who have a:
Department of State Growth
Phone: 1300 135 513
Email: passenger.transport@stategrowth.tas.gov.au
Web: www.transport.tas.gov.au
The Sealink Bruny Island Ferry Service offers discounts to the following concession types:
The driver must be the primary card holder in order to access the concession rate.
Sealink Bruny Island
Phone: 1300 127 869
Web: www.sealinkbrunyisland.com.au
A 50 per cent concession on the cost of taxi travel is available to people:
and also hold one of the following:
A maximum subsidy of $25 per single journey applies.
Department of State Growth
Phone: 1300 135 513
Email: passenger.transport@stategrowth.tas.gov.au
Web: www.transport.tas.gov.au
A 60 per cent concession on the cost of travel in a wheelchair-accessible taxi is available to people:
A maximum subsidy of $30 per single journey applies.
Department of State Growth
Phone: 1300 135 513
Email: passenger.transport@stategrowth.tas.gov.au
Web: www.transport.tas.gov.au
Discounted passenger fares* are available to card holders of a Services Australia or DVA Pensioner Concession Card. Card holders are required to provide their pension card number at the time of booking. The expiry date must be valid at the time of travel.
A valid card must be presented upon check-in.
Check the website www.spiritoftasmania.com.au for further terms, conditions and availability.
* Applicable to selected passenger fares, subject to availability.
Spirit of Tasmania
Phone: 132 010
Email: contactus@spiritoftasmania.com.au
Web: www.spiritoftasmania.com.au
An adult concession fare for bus travel is available to people who hold a:
or are:
In urban areas adult concessions are a flat rate of $2.40.
In non-urban areas adult concessions are 50 percent of the full adult fare. There is also a further 20 per cent discount available for both urban and non-urban adult concessions passengers using a smart card or bulk purchase of tickets.
Department of State Growth
Phone: 6166 3343
Email: passenger.transport@stategrowth.tas.gov.au
Web: www.transport.tas.gov.au/public_transport
Free travel applies to the cardholder’s companion while the cardholder pays their own fare.
For more information:
Department of State Growth
Phone: 6166 3343
Email: passenger.transport@stategrowth.tas.gov.au
Web: www.transport.tas.gov.au
Totally and Permanently Incapacitated (TPI) and Extreme Disablement Adjustment (EDA) pensioners are entitled to free travel on public bus services.
Presentation of a current Goldcard issued by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs in the name of the passenger, and embossed with TPI or EDA is required. Passengers travelling on Metro services need to apply for and use a Greencard for free travel.
For more information:
Department of State Growth Phone: 6166 3350
Email: passenger.transport@stategrowth.tas.gov.au
Web: www.transport.tas.gov.au
A 12-month trial of a commuter ferry service between Bellerive and Hobart is operational from 9 August 2021.
Concession fares
Passengers providing the following evidence of eligibility may travel at the one-way adult concession fare of $2.40:
Eligibility for free travel
The following passengers are eligible to travel for free:
For more information:
Derwent Ferries
Phone: 6240 1893
Web: www.derwentferries.com.au