Changes

2023 update: Regional V/line fares have been capped at $9.80 full-fare and $4.60 concession state-wide, meaning you can get a ticket from anywhere to anywhere in Victoria on the V/line train and bus network for these ticket prices. There are a couple of exceptions that can be found on the v/line website though. You can still save a couple of dollars on the regional myki train network by using the following method if you're really penny saving: Regional Victorian V/Line trains have conductors that check myki cards and paper tickets on the train, and because of this blackriding is not so easy. However, there is a way to take vline trains with a full fare myki for $76.50. If you want to take a train to just say Traralgon for example, which normally now costs about $20 offpeak and $30 peak 9.80 full fare, just buy a new myki card and put $1 0.50 credit on it, touch on and jump on the train. When the conductor scans your myki card on the train, they don't care how much credit is on the card, they are just checking that the balance is not zero or negative, and that you have touched on. As long as there is some credit on the card there should be no problem. If the conductor comments on your low credit, just tell them you were running late for the train and didn't have time to top it up and that you will top it up when you get to your destination. When you do arrive, if there are security watching people touch off, just touch off as normal which will make the balance go to about -$13 if you traveled during offpeak period, or -$23 for peak3.20, and then just throw the card away. You just saved $3.20.