CityRail's extensive network is ideal for both commuters and leisure travellers
with many types of tickets that offer convenience, flexibility and generous
savings.
In Sydney, if you're near a train station, you're on your way to experiencing
a fast, frequent and economical way of travelling.
Purchasing a ticket
You can purchase your CityRail tickets from the station ticket office or ticket
vending machine.
1. Select the
name of the station you want to go to – these are in alphabetical
order. If you select “City”, this allows you to travel to or
from Wynyard, Town Hall, Central, Circular Quay, Martin Place, St James,
Museum or Kings Cross
2. Select the type of ticket you want. Single, Return
3. Put your money in the slot: Ticket vending
machines accept 10 cents, 20 cents, 50 cents, $1 and $2 coins and/or $5,
$10 $20, and $50 notes.
4. Don't forget to take your ticket and any change.
YOUR TICKET LOOKS LIKE THIS
Breaking your journey
If you alight to change trains, but do not exit the station, you have not broken
your journey. If you alight and exit a station before the destination station
on your ticket and then wish catch another train to your destination, you have
“broken” your journey and an additional ticket will be required.
Automatic gates
Large stations have automatic gates for entering and leaving the station
platforms. If your ticket has a magnetic stripe on it then you need to
go through these gates. Insert your ticket into the slot at the front
of the gate, with the magnetic stripe face upwards and the arrows pointing
away from you.
See a staff member if you have a wheelchair, pram, need luggage access
or are travelling as a group on one ticket.
On the platform
CityRail has 10 suburban lines, which are coded into 7 different colours. Remember
the colour of your train line and the direction you are going and you will easily
find your platform. Trains from different lines may share the same platform
so look out for the screen displays and listen for any announcements. This will
make sure that the train arriving onto the platform stops at the station you
need to go to.
Travelling with bikes and other wheels
Bicycles are permitted on trains free of charge on the weekend and in off-peak periods. However, if part or all of your
journey is made between 6.00am - 9.00am or between 3.30pm to 7.30pm on weekdays you
must purchase a child ticket for the bicycle as well as a ticket for yourself.
This applies to both standard and folding bicyles as well as those that have had wheels or other parts removed.
When you're travelling with a bicycle, please make sure it does not block doors and passageways used by CityRail staff and passengers.
Riding bicycles, skateboards, scooters or skates on CityRail stations and
trains is prohibited.
Manual wheelchairs and battery powered wheelchairs and scooters used by passengers
with a disability are permitted on stations and trains. See Accessing
CityRail for more information.
Bicycles are permitted to travel on Sydney Ferries if there is room in the bicycle
racks - first in, first carried.
Animals and pets
Apart from guide and assistance dogs, dogs in training or Police and security
dogs (on duty) no other animals or pets are allowed on CityRail stations or
platforms. Click here for further details on pets and animals.
Tickets
Travelling by CityRail is easy. Please find below a listing of some of our most
popular tickets.
Everyday tickets Single tickets
Single tickets (one trip) are an inexpensive way to make a single trip to one
destination only.
Return tickets
Return tickets (two trips) allow you to travel to, and return from, one destination
only. You have until 4.00am the next day to complete your travel.
Off-peak return tickets
CityRail's off-peak tickets offer savings of up to 30 per cent. Off-peak return tickets
are available after 9.00am weekdays (earlier in some areas that are further away)
and any time on weekends and public holidays. Your return trip must be completed
before 4.00am the next day.
Child fares
Children aged between four years and younger than 16 years, travel at half price
or special child off-peak fare. Children under four travel free with an adult.
Family fares
When at least one fare-paying adult travels with more than one child from the
same family, the first child travels at the child fare and the other children
travel free.
7 Day RailPass (known as a 'weekly')
You can buy a 7 Day RailPass on any day of the week and then use it for seven
days in a row between your two chosen stations (and the stations in between).
Tickets can be purchased any day of the week and are available from station
ticket offices or ticket vending machines. If you buy your 7 Day RailPass after
3.00pm the day before you need to use it, it will be valid for the rest of that
day, plus the next 7 days.
FlexiPass (known as a 'season ticket')
FlexiPasses offer travel from 28 to 366 consecutive days from the date of purchase
between your two chosen stations (and stations in between). FlexiPasses are
available from station ticket offices where an application form needs to be
filled out. This covers you should it be stolen or damaged.
TravelPass
The TravelPass gets you around Sydney on train, bus and ferry services and is
available for weekly, quarterly or yearly travel throughout chosen zones.
Use your TravelPass for work, weekends, or evenings. The more you use it, the
more you save! TravelPass tickets are available for use on CityRail, Sydney
Buses and Sydney Ferries. Simply choose the TravelPass that suits you best.
BusPlus
BusPlus 7 day ticket combines CityRail and private bus travel from selected
CityRail stations to surrounding suburbs. BusPlus tickets can be purchased from
most CityRail stations and are currently available for Busways services at Wyong,
Gosford, Woy Woy, Blacktown, Rooty Hill, Quakers Hill, Mount Druitt, Minto and
Campbelltown stations.
Have friends or relatives visiting Sydney?
Check out these two unbeatable value tickets available from all CityRail stations:
DayTripper
An all-in-one day ticket that gives unlimited travel on CityRail trains, Sydney
Buses and Sydney Ferries (some boundaries and conditions do apply).
CityHopper
Unlimited all-day rail travel in the Central City area bounded by Kings Cross,
North Sydney and Redfern.
