page_title: Light rail in Sydney
section_title: Ticketing and fares
hierarchical_section_title: Light rail in Sydney / Rolling stock / Ticketing and fares
caption_attribution_description: English: Sydney L1 Light Rail Opal Card machine and reader at Pyrmont Bay stop
context_page_description: The Sydney light rail network is a light rail system serving the Australian city of Sydney, New South Wales. The network currently consists of three passenger routes, the L1 Dulwich Hill, L2 Randwick and L3 Kingsford lines. A separate light rail network serving Western Sydney called Parramatta Light Rail is also under construction as of 2020, and is scheduled for completion in 2023.
  The network is controlled by Transport for NSW, with day-to-day operation contracted to Transdev. In the financial year ended June 2020, 12.3 million passenger journeys were made on the network.
context_section_description: The smartcard-based Opal Card ticketing system, which was introduced to the network on 1 December 2014 is valid on bus, light rail, train and ferry services. Different fares apply for these modes, except that the same fares apply to light rail and buses. However, they are treated as separate modes for fare calculation purposes. Light rail stops feature Opal top-up machines that also sell Opal single trip tickets. The single trip tickets are more expensive than the standard Opal fare. They are only valid for travel on light rail and must be used on the day of purchase. The following table lists Opal fares for reusable smartcards and single trip tickets
  Fares are calculated using straight line distance between the origin and destination stops. No two stops on the existing line are located more than eight kilometres from each other using this method, so the 8 km+ band doesn't apply to light rail services.
  When it first opened, the Inner West Light Rail used its own paper-based ticketing system. Paper tickets were originally sold from ticket machines on stop platforms but were later issued by conductors on board. During the 2010s, this system gradually merged with the broader Sydney ticketing system, culminating in the introduction of Opal and the withdrawal of all other tickets. This process was completed on 1 August 2016.
caption: An Opal Card top up machine and reader at Pyrmont Bay
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