travel expenses.... (1 Viewer)

[aNg3L_iReNe]

ive just tried calculating the expenses on trains and buses!
ive calculated for my year, about $1020 on buses and trains ....

heres the calculation:

Peak hour train ticket plus bus fares to and fro uni
$5.20 + 2x $0.80= $6.80 per day....

Multiply by 5 days = $34 a week....
We go to uni about 30 weeks in the year = $1020

if youre walking from redfern, its $780.. (minus bus fares)


ive just serched online and you can get those yearly passes for $760... (apporx)... would you rather pay daily? or purchase the flexipass?(on a yearly plan)???

 

[Winston]

lol thats why u get a weekly! ...

my weekly cost me $ 17 and there's about 13 weeks per semester so 17 x 13 = 221 and 2 semesters about 442

 

[Winston]

Originally posted by aNg3L_iReNe
ive just tried calculating the expenses on trains and buses!
ive calculated for my year, about $1020 on buses and trains ....

heres the calculation:

Peak hour train ticket plus bus fares to and fro uni
$5.20 + 2x $0.80= $6.80 per day....

Multiply by 5 days = $34 a week....
We go to uni about 30 weeks in the year = $1020

if youre walking from redfern, its $780.. (minus bus fares)


ive just serched online and you can get those yearly passes for $760... (apporx)... would you rather pay daily? or purchase the flexipass?(on a yearly plan)???

thats like carrying 760 bucks on u gees, and dont it aint worth it.. i remember once a chick had a weekly and she put it through the entrance thing at the station and the machine ate it, and the people said bad luck.

 

[aNg3L_iReNe]

i thought yearlys would be cheaper!!??

oh ohh ohh! and one more qquestion!
you know that weekly pass??
can you get off at any station??
or only the stations that you applied for on the form?

 

[Wyvern]

after seeing these prices there is no wonder noodles is considered 5 star food for uni student

 

[aNg3L_iReNe]

Originally posted by Winston
thats like carrying 760 bucks on u gees, and dont it aint worth it.. i remember once a chick had a weekly and she put it through the entrance thing at the station and the machine ate it, and the people said bad luck.

is yours eaten yet??
dont you have to keep appling for them??
or can you purchase them just like that?

 

[Winston]

Originally posted by aNg3L_iReNe
i thought yearlys would be cheaper!!??

oh ohh ohh! and one more qquestion!
you know that weekly pass??
can you get off at any station??
or only the stations that you applied for on the form?

lol wat form?

u just buy the weekly and say where u want it to

but i bought the redfern one this week. so its only to redfern so if i go to central it will eat my ticket...

but next week im gonna buy the city circle one... which is 18.50 from Livo

if u get the city circle one u can get off almost at all stops.

 

[aNg3L_iReNe]

Originally posted by Wyvern
after seeing these prices there is no wonder noodles is considered 5 star food for uni student

hahaha
you dont need to see those prices to know that noodles ARE five star food!??
lol

 

[Winston]

Originally posted by aNg3L_iReNe
is yours eaten yet??
dont you have to keep appling for them??
or can you purchase them just like that?

u just purchase weekly train tickets.. it lasts u for a week lol well duh but yea ...

 

[aNg3L_iReNe]

hahahaa!
nah youseriouss?? never heard that one before lol!
ahaha

yehhh.. i think the weekly are prolly abetter option..
safer... haha
i didnt think about... that .. "carrying 760 in your wallet thing" haha.. cause ive always got that much in there anyways lols jk jk...

 

[Matthew_152]

can u get a weekly ticket at student prices...and is it much cheaper?

 

[Winston]

Originally posted by Matthew_152
can u get a weekly ticket at student prices...and is it much cheaper?

well for me 18.50 is the student price. it's normally 37 bucks if u dont have student concession.

 

[freaking_out]

Originally posted by Winston
u just purchase weekly train tickets.. it lasts u for a week lol well duh but yea ...

yeah, weeklies cost like $15 for me, and it saves me abt. 5 bux every week (providing that i go to uni. for the 5 days, which i will b doing).

 

[Generator]

If you purchase a monthly or beyond ticket then it is possible to get it replaced if it is lost...

I like how I am at the end of a suburban line (well, as far as you can go within the suburban area, almost), yet my weekly to Redfern is only $19.50.
Being at a midrange station isn't all that it is cracked up to be when you consider the cost of a train ticket.

 

[BlackJack]

Consider, buying a flexipass that lasts until the exact last day of this half-semester. In this case five weeks Thursday I think ('til Easter holidays). Buy it on Monday.

Keep the form so that is you lose the ticket you can get replacement.

This works if you come 5 days/week.


Take Kogarah to Redfern. Weekly is like 13.50. Flexipass for Monday to friday the 8th week is around 87.50. You do save roughly $20.

 

[Carlito]

travel prices is such a bitch

My weekly rail ticket costs me 18.50, and a 10 trip bus travel pass is 5.90

but im gonna be going 5 days a week so might look into getting the monthly ticket

 

[aNg3L_iReNe]

hey!
i found another way...


i just called up that infoline.. 131500
and i asked the best option..
he told me.. that i should get the 'pink pass' weeklys and they entitle me to as much travel in the week on trains, buses and ferries. Each week I should pay about $23.50.

if i chose the other option, say a weekly train ticket for $17 plus a 10 trip travel pass.... itd add up to $22.90

for for an extra 60c i can get the pink pass will unlimited travel...

so i think im goingto buy the pink weeklys!

 

[freaking_out]

yeah, those "coloured passes" are good if u have to catch a bus or ferry....but for ppl. like me (who just need to get from auburn to redfern), weekly would b the cheapest.

 

[aNg3L_iReNe]

thats true!

haha you live in auburn!
posh! Oh ~ >.< hehe
so it only takes you ....
less than 1/2 hour to get to redfern!
lucky you!
aiish

 

[Winston]

Originally posted by aNg3L_iReNe
hey!
i found another way...


i just called up that infoline.. 131500
and i asked the best option..
he told me.. that i should get the 'pink pass' weeklys and they entitle me to as much travel in the week on trains, buses and ferries. Each week I should pay about $23.50.

if i chose the other option, say a weekly train ticket for $17 plus a 10 trip travel pass.... itd add up to $22.90

for for an extra 60c i can get the pink pass will unlimited travel...

so i think im goingto buy the pink weeklys!

ahhh sounds good, including unlimited Bus as well?, so like unlimited travelling on all public transport?