Sydney bus, train and light rail fares will be slashed by 50 per cent from today, but only in off-peak hours and for those travelling over three kilometres. Opal card holders can get half priced fares if they travel outside 6:30am–10am and 3pm-7pm and on Sydney Trains, Intercity Trains, Sydney Metro, light rail and bus. 'This is to help spread weekend public transport loads and encourage people to enjoy capped public transport travel on Saturday as well as Sunday,' a statement from Mr Constance's office read. In May, the public transport network in Sydney was running at about 25 per cent of capacity with about 570,000 journeys made per day. Usually, up to 2.2 million trips are made via the public transport network in New South Wales.

Source: Daily Mail July 06, 2020 01:53 UTC