Please Have Exact Fare Ready

Nowra Coaches’s drivers cannot change large notes, so please be sure to have the fare ready in coin or small notes where possible. This will help to reduce boarding delays and help you get to your destination quickly.

Children

Children aged 15 years and over are required to pay the standard adult fare unless travelling to and from school in school hours. Where age may be in doubt, proof of age is the responsibility of the child or an adult fare will be charged.

Concession Fares

Concession fare authority cards must always be shown to the driver or a full fare may be charged. Nowra Coaches accepts a variety of transport concession authority cards issued by NSW State Government agencies and the Commonwealth Government through Centrelink. Sorry, we cannot accept Health Care Cards as a transport concession, nor can we accept cards issued for exclusive travel on State Transit buses and ferries in Sydney and Newcastle.

Tickets

Tickets are issued for all fares paid. Please retain tickets until the end of your journey. An inspector may board a bus at any time to check tickets. When boarding the bus always advise the driver of your final destination.

School Travel Passes

These are issued by Nowra Coaches on behalf of the NSW Ministry of Transport. Application forms can be obtained at your school office. Lost or damaged passes can be replaced upon application at the Company office for a fee of $10.00 (including GST).

Most students living in NSW and travelling to and from school are eligible for free travel upon presentation of a NSW Travel Pass. Free travel is available only on school days between the hours indicated on the Travel Pass. Click here for more information on Free School Travel Passes.

Regional Excursion Daily (RED) Ticket

The RED ticket is a $2.50 all day multi-ride ticket for use on all Nowra Coaches Services for people who hold a valid:

• Pensioner Concession Card issued by Centrelink or Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
• NSW and interstate Seniors Card
• NSW War Widow/ers Card

Validity

• Until midnight on day of purchase only
• Restricted to the initial purchaser who must show their concession card along with their valid RED ticket at the start of each trip to verify their entitlement to travel on subsequent services that day.
• After initial purchase, ticket can be used for unlimited trips on valid services that day without the payment of another cash fare.

Point of purchase

• From the bus driver on boarding the bus
• On presentation of a valid Concession/Pensioner/War Widower card

 

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Fares and Sections

How Much?

Cash fares charged on Nowra Coaches’s buses are based on the sectional fare guidelines issued by the New South Wales Ministry of Transport.

The Ministry specifies the maximum fare which may be charged for a given section. Sections must average 1.6km in length over the entire length of a bus route, but may vary between 1.3 and 1.9 kilometres.

Bus companies may choose to set fares below the Ministry limits and, with the exception of the first section, all Nowra Coaches’s fares are below those restraints.

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