Tickets and myki

Paper tickets and eTickets

You need a paper ticket or eTicket to travel on some regional train, bus and coach services.

When you need a paper ticket or eTicket

You may need a paper ticket or eTicket if you’re travelling on:

buses in some regional towns
V/Line trains to Bairnsdale, Albury, Shepparton, Echuca, Swan Hill, Ararat, Maryborough or Warrnambool
V/Line coaches.

Use Journey Planner to view the type of ticket you'll need for your trip.

If your trip covers the myki zone and paper-ticket-only areas:

Buy a paper ticket or e-ticket that covers your whole trip, from start to finish.
Don’t touch on your myki.

You can buy a PTV daily ticket at train stations outside the myki zone, and on most non-myki buses.

View the cost of train trips to regional parts of Victoria.

View the cost of bus trips in regional parts of Victoria.

Use your myki within the regional train network’s myki zones [PDF].
Buy single (one-way), return, daily and weekly paper tickets if your journey begins or ends outside the myki zone.

Buy V/Line tickets

Reserve a V/Line seat

Stations that use paper tickets and eTickets

Tickets for town buses and V/Line coaches

V/Line email confirmation as travel authority