Adelaide Metro fares and tickets

Adelaide Metro fares are the same on buses, trains and trams and remain the same no matter the distance travelled. You can pay with a rechargeable metroCARD, a paper MetroTicket or, Adelaide Metro tap and pay ticket by using your credit/debit card or smart device on trams or O-Bahn buses.

Paper MetroTickets will not be accepted on buses from 1 July 2023. Learn more here:  Goodbye paper MetroTickets!

How much are regular Adelaide Metro fares?

Peak travel times:

  • Before 9.00 AM and after 3.00 PM Monday to Friday
  • All day Saturday

Off-peak travel times:

  • 9.01 AM to 3.00 PM Monday to Friday
  • All day Sunday and public holidays

metroCARD or MetroTicket type

Peak travel time

Off-peak travel time

Regular fares and tickets

Regular metroCARD (rechargeable)

Illustrated representation of an Adelaide Metro regular metroCARD. It is blue and shows the round Adelaide Metro logo, the words regular and validate each boarding. It has white icons depicting a bus, train and tram.

$4.25

$2.40

Singletrip

$6.20

$4.20

Tap and Pay

A fake bank card with generic card details that are not useable

$4.25

$2.40

Daytrip

$11.70

Concession fares and tickets

Concession metroCARD (rechargeable)

Illustrated representation of an Adelaide Metro concession metroCARD. It is green and shows the round Adelaide Metro logo, the words concession and validate each boarding. It has white icons depicting a bus, train and tram.

$2.05

$1.20

Concession Singletrip

$3.10

$1.50

Concession Daytrip

$5.90

Seniors Card

Illustrated representation of a South Australian Seniors Card. It is white, navy and gold, and has a small Adelaide Metro logo on it to show it is also a metroCARD

FREE

FREE

Student fares and tickets

Student metroCARD

Illustrated representation of an Adelaide Metro student metroCARD. It is yellow and shows the round Adelaide Metro logo, the words student and validate each boarding. It has white icons depicting a bus, train and tram.

$1.50

$1.20

Student Singletrip

$3.10

$1.50

Student Daytrip

$5.90

14 and 28 day passes

Regular 14-day pass on a metroCARD

$67.60

Regular 28-day pass on a metroCARD

$112.10

Concession 14-day pass on a metroCARD

$33.70

Concession 28-day pass on a metroCARD

$56.10

Student 14-day pass on a metroCARD

$16.90

Student 28-day pass on a metroCARD

$27.80

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