After launching on trains and trams, the tap and go payment system is rolling out on the bus network in stages. While the roll out is underway, look out for a Visa or Mastercard logo on the bus ticket reader to see if you can make a contactless payment for the journey. Have your myki with you, just in case the bus hasn’t made the switch yet. The upgrades should finish on Sunday, July 26.
Tap and go on buses
From Sunday, July 19, contactless payment will be ready on bus routes in Ballarat, Bendigo, Seymour, Geelong, Traralgon, Warragul, Bacchus Marsh, Sunbury, Berwick, Cranbourne and the Yarra Valley.
By Sunday, July 26, all bus routes across Melbourne should be switched on.
If you’re connecting between different bus services, you should continue to use myki until the upgrade is complete.
To enjoy ticketless travel, simply tap your bank card or smart device on the reader, as you normally would with myki. Make sure to use the same card or device to tap off. If you tap on with a bank card, for example, and then tap off with your phone, you will be charged for two separate journeys, and you’ll have to ask for a refund.
Contactless payment is suitable for full fare paying customers only. If you’re a concession card holder, a senior or under 18, you should continue to use your concession or Youth myki. If you use a weekly or monthly ticket, you should stick to your myki.
Since the trials first began in March, over 2.3 million trips were taken using tap and go.
Further out in regional Victoria, works are now underway to install 108 new myki readers across 37 V/Line stations. These readers will be switched on later this year, so you will soon be able to make contactless payments at every train station in the state.
For more information about making contactless payments on public transport, click here.
