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- Friday 10 July 2026 at 12:08 pm
Labor is making catching PT even easier, with tap and go technology coming to every train station across Victoria.
Whether you're catching the train from Bairnsdale, Wangaratta, Albury, Shepparton, Echuca, Swan Hill, Maryborough, Ararat or Warrnambool, you'll soon be able to tap on with your bank card, phone or smartwatch.
Works are underway to install 108 new myki readers across 37 V/Line stations that currently require a paper ticket or eTicket.
The readers will be switched on later this year, allowing passengers to tap and go at every train station in the state.
Passengers travelling on V/Line services will still be able to reserve a seat where reservations are available.
Passengers who have not reserved a seat can purchase an unreserved fare at their station with tap and go.
Anyone travelling who would prefer to use a physical myki card will be able to do so.
Concession passengers, seniors and those under 18 should continue using their concession or Youth myki.
Victorians have already embraced tap and go, with more than one million trips made using a bank card or smart device since it launched last month across the myki-enabled rail network and on trams.
More Victorians are leaving the wallet at home, with four in five of those trips made using a phone or smartwatch.
The rollout will continue later this month, with tap and go expanding across myki-enabled buses.
Labor is also making travel more affordable, with half-price public transport fares until the end of the year saving regular commuters over $850.
Only Labor is making public transport more affordable and easier to use.
Quotes attributable to Acting Minister for Public and Active Transport Ros Spence
"Victorians have taken to tap and go in a big way. We're bringing that same convenience to train stations across every corner of the state.”
"Only Labor is making PT easier and more affordable. Jess Wilson’s $40 billion cuts plan will mean cuts to trains, cuts to trams and cuts to buses.”
Quote attributable to Member for Ripon Martha Haylett
"No matter where your train journey begins or ends, you'll soon be able to tap your phone, smartwatch or bank card to get where you need to go."