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If you going to travel on an V/Line service from a manned railway station, you must buy your ticket from the railway station, it is an offence to travel without a valid ticket and passengers who do so risk being fined by the Department of Infrastructure.
If travelling from an unmanned station it ok to buy a ticket from a train conductor or from the bus driver, note you only can buy peak or off peak daily and single tickets from these people.
| from march the 4th V/Line fares |
| Single/off-peak single Tickets |
| Daily and off peak tickets |
| Weekly, Monthly and Date to Date tickets |
Where to buy V/Line tickets
Passengers can purchase V/line tickets from:
• Staffed V/Line stations
• V/Line ticket agents
• Selected metropolitan premium stations
• Telephoning 136 196
V/line customers only can buy tickets from the train conductors or from bus driver if they can't get a ticket before hand for example from a ticket machine or at manned station.
it is an offence to travel without a valid ticket and passengers who do so risk being fined by DOI.
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# conductors and coach drivers only carry limited amounts of cash
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A Weekly, Monthly or Date to Date periodical ticket is of greatest value to best suit your needs.
A single , daily return ticket is of greatest value to best suit your needs.