NSW Residents Can Travel For Free On Public Transportation Till 26 April.
NSW Residents Can Travel For Free On Public Transportation Till 26 April. After a year of industrial strife and strikes, New South Wales’ public transportation will be free for 12 days beginning Thursday. During the Easter holiday period, millions of public transport passengers in Sydney will be able to travel for free on the Opal network. NSW Transport Minister David Elliott said that free rides on trains, buses, ferries, light rail, and metro services will begin at 4 a.m. on Thursday and will last until 3.59 a.m. on April 26. The free travel policy does not apply during Easter, school holidays, or Anzac Day. Services that will be provided for free? The fare-free period applies to all Opal network services in Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast, the Hunter, and the Illawarra, including metro, train, bus, ferry, and light rail. It does not include NSW TrainLink Regional trains and coaches, such as the XPT and Xplorer services. Fares on Regional services, h...