Driving to Sydney from Melbourne and not sure about how tolls work.
Can I buy a daypass, if so from where?
Melbourne to Sydney Tolls
z720 on 04/10/2023 - 15:58
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You can go around, but that will add 30+ minutes to your trip…
i did consider that when typing comment, but you gotta be pretty mad to go via gladesville if you just want to get from military road to city.
Need more data from OP.
It is avoidable by going across the gladesville bridge.
Have you really visited Sydney if you haven't gone over the Gladesville bridge and then crawled along at bicycle speed in Victoria Rd traffic?
or took a wrong turn and ended up going north on the harbour bridge and not realising you added 40minutes to the rountrip because you had your GPS on avoid tolls? guilty
If you have an eTag already and it's linked to your Linkt account, you can just use it interstate, no purchase necessary.
upon enetering sydney you will be taking M7………..M2- M5 depends your destination and far north Harbour Bridge/Tunnel southbound (unavoidable as mentioend above) , at night to early mornings you can avoid most tolls , even on day too, depend on your patience for driving.
If you have a toll tag in Melbourne, it should work in Sydney(at least AFAIK).
Otherwise, you could use:
- https://www.linkt.com.au/accounts-and-passes/buy-a-pass/sydn…
- Casual Pass https://www.myetoll.transport.nsw.gov.au/emu-casual-pass
There are probably some others.
As mentioned, basically any toll can be avoided depending on how much traffic you are willing to endure. It may even be OK outside of busy hours. You can go around the bridge/tunnel but it will over double your transit time/distance.
Just set Waze/Google maps to Avoid Toll Roads.
What is this black magic wizardry you speak of?
It’s a dark art that doesn’t give more money to a company that has already been given millions, if not billions, of tax dollars to build the road for which you may save 10-15 minutes while paying the princely sum of $20+.
did that with sydney to canberra drive last year and google maps kept FORCING me onto toll roads and yes I checked many times that toll roads was turned off in settings
Waze does that too, seems to happen for me when it suggests a 'new quicker route available' on the current drive. They must have shares in Transurban.
WHABBOUT LINKTGO ?
- Don't pay tolls.
- Watch this
- Tolls likely won't get you anywhere faster anyway
- You can already use your toll tag in NSW.
I think I prefer Melbourne trolls compared to Sydney.
The Sydney ones take themselves way too seriously…
What is your destination in Sydney, and what are your driving plans while you are in Sydney? There are many avoidable tolls, but some unavoidable, eg. Harbour Bridge/Tunnel southbound.