Travel and Concession Cards

Can I get free travel?

Students

The Student Transport Program provides eligible primary, high school and college students with free travel Monday to Friday during the school term. This program is available to ACT residents attending ACT primary schools, high schools and colleges on a full-time basis.

Students must fulfil the following criteria to be eligible for free travel:

  1. Students and their parents/guardians must be ACT residents and must be either:
    • primary school students living at least one kilometre from their school; or
    • high school, college or Canberra Institute of Technology Year 12 equivalency students living at least two kilometres from their campus.
  2. Each student or their parent/guardian must hold a valid Pensioner Concession Card or Health Care Card issued by Centrelink or the Department of Veterans' Affairs showing the applicant's name for entitlement.
  3. School verification is required at the beginning of each school year or with the first application submitted during the year. Updated school verification is required if a student changes schools during the year.

Further information can be accessed at:http://www.tams.act.gov.au/move/public_transport/stp

An application form can be downloaded from:

http://www.tams.act.gov.au/move/public_transport/stp#how_do_i_apply_and_how_long_is_the_ticket_valid

(click on student transport applications)

When can I get a concession card?

For bus travel, ACTION (Canberra’s Bus Service) provides concession bus travel to the following students:

  • Primary, secondary school and college students.
  • Full time tertiary students who attend an accredited education institution and undertake a minimum of 15 hours per week. ACTION accepts current student photo identification cards that are issued by ACT accredited educational institutions, such as high schools, colleges, CITs and universities.
  • Students that are registered with the Department of Education as being home schooled.
  • Full time international and interstate students are entitled to apply for an ACTION concession card.

To obtain an ACTION student concession card, you must complete the ACTION student application form and must provide the following:

  • a letter, or endorsement stamp, from your educational institution stating your full time status (students need to attend a minimum of 15 hrs per week of class time to be deemed as full time),
  • some form of identification, for example an existing student photo ID card,
  • a current passport size photo of you, and
  • if you are home schooled, a copy of home school registration from Department of Education.
  • For further information on ACTION Buses in Canberra click here.

What tickets do I need to get for school and non school travel?

On school days: ACTION term tickets can be used during the school term.

All other times: eg weekends and school holidays, students must purchase concession fares.

What will happen if I travel without my travel/concession card?

If you don’t have your concession card then you must pay the full ticket price. If you wish to travel on a concession fare, you must show the driver your concession card when you board the bus. If you travel on a concession fare without a concession card you may be fined $50.

This page was last updated November 2009.

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