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Public Transport across Victoria Will Be Free on Dec 25 (All Day) and Dec 31 (after 6PM)

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Public Transport across Victoria Will Be Free on Dec 25 (All Day) and Dec 31 (after 6PM)
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k787 on 10/12/2013 - 16:11 ptv.vic.gov.au (686 clicks)
Last edited 10/12/2013 - 16:35 by 1 other user

Public transport across Victoria will be free on Wednesday, 25 December 2013.

That’s right, all trains, trams, buses and V/Line services across Victoria are free all day.

There’s no need to touch on, but if you do, you won’t be charged.

Trains and trams will run to a Sunday timetable.

Most metropolitan buses will run to either a Saturday or Sunday timetable.

V/Line will run a Sunday timetable with limited coach trips. Bookings are required for long-range services (Warrnambool, Bairnsdale, Swan Hill, Shepparton, Albury). All other train services come on a first-come, first served basis.

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  • Gav on 10/12/2013 - 16:14
    +3

    Good to see it back for another year. Also after 6pm on NYE - see http://ptv.vic.gov.au/news-and-events/news/christmas-and-nye…

    • King Steuart on 10/12/2013 - 17:25

      Do I still need to have a myki on me?

      • aussieaubs on 10/12/2013 - 18:15

        no because you do not tap on or off ;)

        • jimbobaus on 10/12/2013 - 20:38

          Edit… i was wrong LOL

  • cvas on 10/12/2013 - 16:39
    +32

    Thanks OP. I might catch the train and see if I can get bodyslammed for free as well

    • Momotsuki on 10/12/2013 - 19:48

      To be fair, the girl that got bodyslammed was being a dick to the officer. Sure body slamming may have been excessive use of force (wasn't there, can't make a definitive comment). However, people these days really need to learn some manners.

    • kronicmacstigator on 10/12/2013 - 20:30
      +6

      Try and punch me in the face and you'd get the exact same treatment… bitch got everything she deserved

      • Wiggleh on 11/12/2013 - 07:12
        +1

        She slapped him and in return the action he took may have resulted in a brain or spinal injury. Look at that footage, she is a slight of frame 15 year old girl. Picking her up and slamming her downwards head first was Not deserved.

        Also if someone grabbed you from behind and you weren't expecting it many peoples reaction would be to automatically lash out but I do not know if she was being persued before he grabbed her from behind.

        • Plasma Ball on 11/12/2013 - 09:16
          +3

          She slapped him and tried to scratch his eyes out to blind him

  • boyfromeden on 10/12/2013 - 16:49
    +5

    Sydney public transport……. Sigh

    • Astro551 on 10/12/2013 - 18:28

      they should be paying us to use it! considering the kind of service we get :|

    • [Deactivated] on 10/12/2013 - 19:39

      cant expect anything with those rattler trains

    • peeweekathi on 11/12/2013 - 06:25

      And yet…having just visited Sydney, again, there was me and the bestie raving about how fabulous your public transport is, compared to Melbourne's! LOL!

  • kronicmacstigator on 10/12/2013 - 16:57
    +1

    Doesn't help when the buses leave you behind at stops on Christmas Day! Had 'national' do that to me out at montmorency one year as a kid!

  • Ghogger on 10/12/2013 - 17:00
    +7

    Sheety rail price match?

    • [Deactivated] on 10/12/2013 - 19:38
      +3

      it would never happen. shitty rail the scummest of ripoff artists using the most ancient old crapola trains since 1980

      • fickre on 11/12/2013 - 10:34
        +1

        1980? did you mean 1972?

  • coolrunnings on 10/12/2013 - 17:03
    +6

    They have done this for a while now. I've been hoping to take the wife and kid to Bairnsdale or Warnambool by train on Christmas Eve and return on New Years. Total cost for the vacation travel? Zero.

  • Mahogany Granger on 10/12/2013 - 17:20
    +2

    Wake up Fatty O'Barrel we want this too!

  • chris449 on 10/12/2013 - 18:50
    +1

    Just remember that some lines may be replaced by buses in sections on new years eve - such as Sunbury/Bendigo/Ballarat.

    • Momotsuki on 10/12/2013 - 19:52
      +2

      Congratulations on your luxury. Now why don't you fly off to sub-Saharan Africa, point out how they're such 3rd class citizens, and brag about how they lack access to clean water, good sanitation and food.

    • elguapo on 10/12/2013 - 20:23
      +7

      Haha, we get the last laugh….you live in Newcastle.

        • blueflask on 10/12/2013 - 22:24
          +6

          *you're

        • Mahogany Granger on 10/12/2013 - 22:34
          +3

          And Copie? You can get stung by Obie. You thirty year old bald ###, #### me. You don't know me, your too old, let go, its over. Nobody listens to techno, so let's go…

        • Tal_Shiar on 11/12/2013 - 00:01

          Melbourne is the worlds most livable city, you mad bro?

  • electricalgoodness on 10/12/2013 - 20:31
    -3

    I would HIGHLY recommend you do touch on, if you don't, the system won't allow you to exit through any gates.

    • jimbobaus on 10/12/2013 - 20:39
      +3

      gates will be open at all stations

  • MagicTsukai on 10/12/2013 - 20:56
    +3

    should be free everyday imo

  • No Child Support on 10/12/2013 - 21:33

    will the skybus be free?

    • [Deactivated] on 10/12/2013 - 22:05
      +1

      dad skytrain to melbourne airport. how much does he want. $18. tell em hes dreamin

  • daydream on 10/12/2013 - 22:42

    The usual free entertainment on New Years' trains will also be provided on the way home (i.e. drunks) ;-)

  • sourdawg on 10/12/2013 - 23:14
    +1

    Around about what it's worth

  • lostn on 11/12/2013 - 01:01

    That's interesting. Buses normally don't operate on public holidays (with a few exceptions), or at least not xmas day.

    • [Deactivated] on 11/12/2013 - 10:37

      Always do at a Sunday timetable

  • coolhead on 11/12/2013 - 09:22

    does something like this happens in sydney? i am there for new yrs?

  • MrZ on 11/12/2013 - 09:41

    What a waste of a free day - everything is closed on Dec. 25th. They couldn't have made it another day?!

  • [Deactivated] on 11/12/2013 - 10:39
    +1

    These free days always piss me off because they never include compensation for those that already have a paid ticket

  • zooter on 11/12/2013 - 10:40

    How do I book on V/Line for this?

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