Concession card where to get

Visit the Australian Taxation Office to find out more. You may be able to get concession cards to help with the cost of events and travel. These include:. Some Australian states and territories have specific carer concessions where you will pay less for something. These are:. Renew online. If your Transport Concession Entitlement Card has been lost or stolen, you can apply for a replacement card online. A card replacement fee may apply.

Replace online. If you have changed your name, address, email address, phone number or title, you can update your details for your Transport Concession Entitlement Card online. Update my details. You must carry your Transport Concession Entitlement Card when travelling on a concession fare as proof of entitlement or you may be fined. Concession fares are not available on private ferries, event shuttle buses, chartered bus services or Great Southern Rail services.

In the Opal network, if you are an eligible job seeker or someone receiving other approved Centrelink benefits you are entitled to travel with a Concession Opal card.

If you do not have your proof of entitlement card, you are required to pay for and travel with an Adult fare, or you may be fined for travelling on an invalid ticket. Using an Opal card provides you with a range of travel benefits. Find out more about Opal terms of use. Eligible job seekers and those receiving approved Centrelink benefits pay the Concession Sydney Airport station access fee when travelling with a Concession Opal card to or from the airport train stations.

Eligible job seekers and those receiving approved Centrelink benefits are entitled to concessions fares on NSW TrainLink Regional trains and coaches. Some privately owned and operated services in regional NSW may offer a range of different concession fares at their own discretion. Check with local transport operators before you travel.

We collect, hold and use personal information for specific purposes relevant to our functions. Personal information you provide in relation to your application is collected for the purpose of administering and managing your Transport Concession Entitlement Card and Concession Opal card, and for directly related purposes such as audit, management and operational activities for concession travel. You may choose not to provide your personal information or health information.

However this may mean that it is not possible or practicable for us to deal with your application for concession travel. Refusal to provide your information may mean that we cannot issue you with a Transport Concession Entitlement Card.

TfNSW will not otherwise disclose your personal or health information unless you consent, or we are permitted or required to by law. Where TfNSW engages contractors to assist us in providing our services to you, we generally engage them under contract terms that ensure that they use personal information solely for the purpose of fulfilling their contract with us. We also generally require them to manage the personal and health information that they hold on our behalf in a way that complies with the NSW privacy laws.

For information about how your personal information is collected, used and disclosed by us please see our Privacy Policy at www. For information about how your personal information is collected, used and disclosed in the Opal ticketing system, read our Opal Privacy Policy at transportnsw. You can ask to access or amend your personal information held by us by contacting privacy transport. The browser you are using is not supported. Learn about Autoload. SmartParker Use your SmartRider to pay for parking at stations.

Learn about Parking. For more info go to Lost or Stolen Cards. At the start and end of each journey, place your SmartRider card over the picture of the card on a card reader on the bus, on the ferry or at the train station. A beep and green light confirms a successful tag on or tag off. When you tag on, the card reader will display your remaining balance.

When you tag off, the card reader will display the amount of the fare deducted and your remaining balance. For more information go to Using SmartRider. There are a number of ways to check your balance. Go to Check SmartRider Balance. There are a number of ways you can register your SmartRider. For details go to Register SmartRider. If you have a Health Care Card or Pensioner Card you can provide proof of your concession entitlement by showing the card on your phone through Centrelink's Digital Wallet.

Your SmartRider stores information including your concession status, Autoload status and card balance. When we need to update this information, a pending action is created so that the information on the card can be updated. Pending actions are generally available to your SmartRider the day following their creation, except BPAY which can take several days to become available.

For example if you activate Autoload online through My Account today Autoload will be available to be applied to your card tomorrow. In order to update your card with this new information you are required to tag on.

We recommend that you travel within a week of the pending action being created. Alternatively, if you do not need to travel, you can tag on, wait 15 seconds, and then tag off preferably at any train station.