Metro Urban Fares
Image: The 1998 route and section map of Hobart produced by Metro Tasmania.
This page is a master archive of fare scales used by Metro Tasmania, and more recently, the Department of State Growth, across the urban networks of Tasmania. These are important as they show the changes in cost for public transport, as well as the way it is administered and transacted.
For some context, between 1987 and 2008, Metro used the Crouzet magnetic ticketing system, and from early days until 2016, the urban areas were broken into fare sections.
Evidently, this system appeared convoluted and confusing to the unfamiliar passenger. Irregular users of public transport would have had to rely on the driver to provide them with the correct fare, whereas more frequent commuters had the option to purchase Day Rover and Metro 10 fares using the Crouzet system.
With the introduction of Greencard in 2009, the Day Rover became the only remaining paper ticket that could not be replaced with the card. It was removed following the fare changes in 2016, and the Hobart network review.
Greencard ushered in a new promotion, which gave a 25 per cent additional travel credit for recharges on the card. This was later changed to a 20 per cent fare reduction, and has remained in place as a means to attract people to use public transport.
When the card was introduced, it had significant benefits for increasing public transport use, with extensive marketing and promotional campaigns, including the offer of free Greencards.
Below are some fare scales, which I will later analyse and provide context. Here, they are presented for information only.
Fare scales
1991
1996
2005
2006
2007 – 10c to 40c increase on Adult fares
2008 – Amalgamation of Section fare scales
2009 – Greencard fare structure
The Greencard fare structure introduced a recharge travel credit, which gave 25% on top of values which were added to the card, depending on the type of card.
2010
2011 – 10 to 20 cent increases on Full fares
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017 – New zonal system, 10c increase all over (20c All Zones)
2018 – 10c Adult and Child fare increase
2019 – 10c Adult (20c for All Zones) and 10c Child fare increase
2022 – No change except Child fare increase by 10 cents
2024 – No change except Child fare increase by 10 cents
June 2024 – Half price fares introduced
Sources/references
Scanned fare scales are courtesy of the Tasmanian Transport Museum, and screenshotted/digital fare scales were retrieved using the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
Links to each will be added at a later time, however if you would like to source ahead of then, please reach out.
