Revenue protection and fare compliance
The Network Revenue Protection Plan is an annual document that governs fare compliance on the public transport network. The Victorian Fare Compliance Survey is conducted in May and October every year. The survey helps inform the Network Revenue Protection Plan.
Network Revenue Protection Plan
The 2022 Network Revenue Protection plan focuses on maximising the number of passengers who travel with a valid ticket while also providing high quality customer experience.
Download 2022 Network Revenue Protection Plan (PDF) 471 KB
Download 2022 Network Revenue Protection Plan - accessible version (DOCX) 328 KB
Fare compliance survey
The May 2021 fare compliance survey covered the three metropolitan modes of train, tram and bus as well as regional train services within the commuter belt.
Metropolitan network fare compliance was 93.8 per cent.
95.8 per cent of metropolitan train users, almost 96.2 per cent of tram travellers, 90.6 per cent of metropolitan bus passengers and 91.2 per cent of V/Line train passengers travelled with a valid ticket.
Please note COVID-19 impacts prevented the survey being run in 2020.
Download Victorian Fare Compliance Survey May 2021 (DOCX) 336 KB
Download Victorian Fare Compliance Survey May 2021 - accessible version (DOCX) 231 KB
Download Victorian Fare Compliance Survey October 2019 (PDF) 1008 KB
Download Victorian Fare Compliance Survey October 2019 - accessible version (PDF) 919 KB
Download Victorian Fare Compliance Survey May 2019 (PDF) 558 KB
Download Victorian Fare Compliance Survey May 2019 - accessible version (PDF) 759 KB