Single Fares

The maximum fare for a single trip is the 2 hour fare for the zone(s) traveled in.

When a myki is touched off, a 2 hour “product” is created on the myki. A 2 hour product authorises unlimited 
travel in the zone(s) travelled in until two hours after the myki was first touched on, except where 
the first touch on is made between 6pm and 12.59am, in which case the product expires at the 
end of the day.

Where a trip is entirely within a zone overlap, the fare charged and product created will be for the 
zone for which the fare is lowest. Where fares are the same, the fare charged and product created 
will be for the lower numbered zone.

To ensure customers are able to complete long journeys on V/Line services, where touch off 
indicates that a journey consisting of travel in at least 6 zones has been made (since the last 
touch on), the expiry time of the product will be extended by an additional hour for every multiple 
of 6 zones traveled in. In these cases, references in this manual to ‘2 hour products’ or ‘2 hour fares’ 
mean products or fares for 3 hours or 4 hours (whichever is applicable).
Number of zones traveled in Product created

A number of zones traveled in Product duration:

Within the zone(s) covered by it, the product authorizes travel that extends beyond the time of its 
expiry, as long as the myki is touched on before that expiry.

Important note: If you touch on in Zone 1 between 4pm and 6pm on a weekday and are connecting to a V/Line service which departs any station after 6pm, you are advised to touch off at the end of your Metro journey and touch on again prior to boarding the V/Line service.