Regional bus tickets
If you’re travelling on a regional bus, you need a myki or a bus paper ticket. There are two types of paper tickets, Category A and Category B.
Town bus travel is also included with your myki or V/Line paper ticket if you’re travelling to or from some regional stations.
- For information on regional bus fares, see Regional fares or call 1800 800 007.
- Find out if you’re eligible for a concession fare or free travel.

You’ll need a myki if you’re travelling on:
- Town buses in Bacchus Marsh, Ballarat, Bendigo, Bellarine Peninsula, Churchill, Eildon, Geelong, Kilmore, Mornington Peninsula, Seymour, Wallan and Warragul.
- Latrobe Valley intertown buses.
It's best to buy and top up your myki before travelling.
You’ll need a Category A ticket if you’re travelling in:
- Bairnsdale, Benalla, Cobram, Colac, Drouin, Echuca/Moama, Gisborne, Hamilton, Horsham, Korumburra, Kyneton, Lakes Entrance, Maryborough, Mildura, Portland, Rochester, Sale, Shepparton/Mooroopna, Swan Hill, Wangaratta, Warrnambool, Wodonga/Albury, Wonthaggi and Yarrawonga.
You can also use a Category A bus ticket for travel on the following V/Line services:
- V/Line train services between Marshall and Lara
- V/Line train services between Eaglehawk and Kangaroo Flat
- V/Line coach services between Bendigo and Strathfieldsaye.
You can buy your Category A paper ticket on the bus.
You’ll need a Category B ticket if you’re travelling in:
- Ararat, Beaufort and Stawell.
You can buy your Category B paper ticket on the bus.
Ticket types for Category A and B paper tickets
Tickets are available as full fare or concession, except for the Student Weekly ticket.
- Find out more about regional bus fares.
- Find out if you’re eligible for concession fares or free travel.
2 hour
- 2 hour tickets allow for unlimited travel for at least two hours on local buses.
- The ticket expires two hours from the next full hour after it was bought. For example, a ticket bought at 8.55am will expire at 11am and a ticket bought at 9.05am will expire at 12 noon. Tickets purchased after 6pm are valid until last service.
Daily
- A Daily ticket allows unlimited travel on town bus services on the day the ticket is issued.
Weekly
- Weekly tickets allow unlimited travel between the origin and destination printed on the ticket for seven consecutive days.
- The ticket expires seven days from the start date printed on the ticket.
Monthly
- Monthly tickets allow unlimited travel between the origin and destination printed on the ticket for one month.
- The ticket expires at the end of services one month from the start date printed on the ticket.
Student Weekly (Category B only)
- Student Weekly tickets allow unlimited travel between the origin and destination printed on the ticket for seven consecutive days.
- The ticket expires seven days from the start date printed on the ticket.
- The ticket can only be used by students.
Using your regional train or coach ticket on town buses
You can use your myki or V/Line paper ticket to travel on some local town buses, excluding privately operated services. Town bus travel is included if you travel to or from one of these stations:
- Ballarat, Bendigo, Corio, Eaglehawk, Epsom, Geelong, Kangaroo Flat, Kilmore East, Marshall, Moe, Morwell, North Geelong, North Shore, Seymour, South Geelong, Traralgon, Wendouree, Wallan, Waurn Ponds.
You must show your myki or V/Line paper ticket to the driver when you board the bus. You can't buy a V/Line paper ticket or myki on board the bus. Find out more about regional train and coach tickets.