Opal fare calculator
The Opal card (or contactless bank card) is Sydney's pay-as-you-go transit pass. It has daily and weekly spending caps — once you hit the cap, the rest of your journeys that day or week are free.
Daily cap Mon–Thu
AUD 19.30
After this, all further journeys that day are free
Daily cap Fri–Sun
AUD 9.65
Weekend/Friday discount — plan heavy travel on Fri–Sun
Weekly cap (Mon–Sun)
AUD 50.00
Maximum you pay per calendar week (Mon 12am–Sun 11:59pm)
Estimate my week's Opal cost
Enter how many days of the week you plan to travel and roughly how much you spend per day before hitting the cap.
Opal card tips for visitors
- No Opal card needed — you can use any contactless Visa/Mastercard or Apple/Google Pay directly. Same caps apply.
- Airport surcharge — a station access fee of ~AUD 14.60 applies each time you pass through Sydney Airport stations (T1, T2/T3). This is on top of your normal Opal fare and is NOT capped.
- Ferry travel — Manly and Parramatta ferries have higher base fares (AUD 9.20 for Manly). Still capped within daily/weekly limits.
- Tap on AND off — you must tap off when leaving trains and ferries. Forgetting costs you the maximum fare for that mode.
- Plan ferry-heavy days on Fri–Sun — with the AUD 9.65 cap, you can ride ferries all day for less than a single Manly fare on a weekday.
- Weekly cap resets Monday — the AUD 50 cap runs Monday 12:00am to Sunday 11:59pm.
- Where to get Opal — convenience stores (7-Eleven, newsagents), train stations, ferry terminals. Available immediately at Sydney Airport.
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