Replace a ticket

You can replace your ticket if it’s expired, damaged or defective. You can replace some types of tickets if they are lost or stolen.

Replace a myki

Expired/Damaged

There are four ways to replace an expired, damaged or defective myki:

Lost or stolen myki

Registered myki

If your registered myki is lost or stolen, let us know as soon as possible. Your balance is protected from the time you tell us your myki is lost or stolen. We’ll block your myki and arrange a replacement myki.

You can report your registered myki smartcard as lost or stolen by:

Your lost/stolen registered myki can be replaced on the spot at a PTV Hub. Please note, balance transfer is not instantaneous.

If you apply for a replacement online or over the phone, we’ll send you a new myki with the transferred balance within 10 business days. If you need to travel in the meantime, buy a new myki and top up with myki Money or a myki Pass.

Auto top up and Auto-load can’t be transferred to your new myki. To keep travelling with auto top up or Auto-load, you’ll need to set it up again

Please note you cannot replace a lost or stolen myki at a premium station.

Unregistered myki

We can’t replace a lost or stolen unregistered myki. Buy a new myki and top up with myki Money or a myki Pass and register your new myki.

Lost or stolen phone containing Mobile myki

If your Android phone with Mobile myki has been lost or stolen, contact your service provider immediately to have the phone blocked.

For more information see Google Help and Support.

Registered Mobile myki

If the Android phone containing your Mobile myki is lost or stolen, let us know as soon as possible. Your balance is protected from the time you tell us your myki is lost or stolen.

We'll block it and can arrange a refund to your new Mobile myki.

Unregistered Mobile myki

If your Android phone has been lost or stolen and contains a Mobile myki which isn’t registered, contact Google Pay to get your ticket number. This lets you contact us to request a refund of any balance on the Mobile myki.

Damaged or defective myki

Damaged or defective myki smartcards can be replaced for free on the spot at a PTV Hub. You can also replace your myki online or by calling us. If our equipment can’t read your damaged or defective myki, it may take extra time to transfer the remaining balance to your new myki:

  • up to 36 hours for a myki Pass
  • up to 7 days for myki Money.

We’ll still give you a new myki smartcard on the spot. If you need to travel while you wait for your old balance to be transferred to your new myki, top up with myki Money or a myki Pass.

If you’ve already bought a myki to travel, contact us to get a reimbursement of the myki fee.

Expired myki

All myki smartcards expire after four years. A Mobile myki expires after two years.

For more information see expired myki

Change in concession

To replace your myki online, you must be requesting the same fare concession type as your original myki.

For example: replacing a full fare myki with another full fare myki, or a student concession myki with another student concession myki, or a seniors concession myki with another seniors concession myki.

If you are no longer entitled to a concession myki, and now need to obtain a full fare myki instead, you will need to purchase a new myki with the full fare travel entitlement.

Victorian Student Pass

Your Victorian Student Pass or PTV School Student ID can be replaced on the spot at the location it was issued. Student passes and concession cards can’t be replaced online or over the phone.

Replace a paper ticket

Lost or stolen V/Line ticket

Only reserved V/Line paper tickets and Date-to-Date tickets can be replaced if lost or stolen.

A reserved V/Line paper ticket can be replaced before your day of travel at any staffed V/Line station, once you complete a V/Line Passenger Refund Application Form. For more information, visit the V/Line website.

A lost or stolen Date-to-Date ticket can be replaced with a duplicate ticket at the issuing V/Line station, once you complete a V/Line Passenger Refund Application Form. For more information, visit the V/Line website.

Damaged paper ticket

V/Line paper tickets can become invalid because of:

  • heat or water damage
  • bending, tearing, cutting or chewing
  • dirt
  • damage that exceeds normal wear and tear.

Replace your ticket at any staffed V/Line station. You’ll need to complete a V/Line Passenger Refund Application Form. For more information, visit the V/Line website.

Free Travel Pass

If you require a replacement Free Travel Pass, visit us at the PTV Hub at Southern Cross Station or call us on 1800 800 007