Discount for travel mode change at Woy Woy

Catching a bus and train has become cheaper for customers passing through the Woy Woy interchange with the removal of the charge for customers changing modes when travelling on public transport.

The new $2 transfer discount started on the morning of Monday, September 12.

It will be applied every time an adult Opal card customer changed between a bus or train at Woy Woy as part of the same journey.

Gold and Concession Opal card customers changing buses and trains at Woy Woy also receive a transfer discount when they change mode on a journey.

Member for Terrigal Mr Adam Crouch said adult customers travelling on buses to Woy Woy train station from Blackwall, Umina Beach or Ettalong Beach will now receive a $2 transfer discount.

For example, customers travelling on a bus from Blackwall to Woy Woy station and then catching a train to Gosford and back again for10 journeys a week would previously have paid $43.84.

They will now pay $36.80, a potential saving of $337.92 annually.

Mr. Crouch said there are other customer benefits such as the 30 per cent off-peak train discount, all of which ensure Opal fares and discounts provide a strong incentive to customers.

"The changes to the Opal fare structure support the Government's vision for improving transport in the Central Coast for everyone," Mr Crouch said.

Mr Crouch said this is about making fares fairer for more customers and to make public transport more compelling.

Media release, 7 Sep 2016

Debra Wales, Office of Adam Crouch