Metrocard is the easy way for you travel on Metro.

The Metrocard does the thinking for you. Its state-of-the-art technology automatically deducts your fare when you board the bus. You don't have to think about having the right change. The card is free. All you have to do is load $10 onto Metrocard for it to work. Thereafter, you can recharge your card with a minimum of $10. Metrocards can be recharged at Metroinfo in the Christchurch City Bus Exchange or as you board your bus. You can use Metrocard on all Metro services including Red Bus, Leopard, Christchurch Bus Services, the Orbiter, the Metrostar and the Diamond Harbour Ferry. It couldn't be easier to transfer from one Metro service to another. With the Metrocard you pay $2.10 adult per trip instead of the $2.80 cash adult fare.*
Use your Metrocard and you only get charged for a maximum of $4.20 per day even if you make 3 or more trips!

Here's what travel with the Metrocard costs:

• For $2.10, you receive two hours unlimited travel*
• For $4.20, you receive unlimited travel for one day*
• For $21, you will receive one calendar week unlimited travel (Monday to Sunday)*. Weekends are free, if you have spent $21 Monday to Friday*.

*Travel within Zone One. Here's what travel with the Metrocard costs if you're under 18:

• For $1.05, you receive two hours unlimited travel*
• For $2.10, you receive unlimited travel for one day*
• For $10.50, you will receive one calendar week unlimited travel (Monday to Sunday).* Weekends are free if you have spent $10.50 Monday to Friday.*

Some passengers may need to carry a photo ID showing their date of birth and proving that they are under 18. Approved IDs include CANDO cards, your passport or driver licence. If child passengers can't show this, they may have to pay a full adult fare.

Child Metrocards are available from the Christchurch City Bus Exchange. A copy of an ID which includes the child's date of birth (for example, a birth certificate) must accompany the application form. Children under-5 years-of-age, accompanied by a fare-paying passenger, travel free-of-charge. Place your Metrocard on the reader machine and the balance is displayed on the screen. When the balance is below $4, the machine issues a warning beep advising you to top-up your Metrocard. Top-up your Metrocard, in $10 amounts (for example, $10, $20 or $30), as you board the bus or at Metroinfo in the Christchurch City Bus Exchange. You can still pay cash fares on all Metro services. Adult cash fares will be $2.80 per trip* with only one transfer within two hours. Metrocard gives better value, since it costs $2.10 per trip* and you get unlimited transfers for two hours instead of just one transfer.

*Travel within Zone One. Each card has its own unique number that will be registered to you, the cardholder, so that if you report your card as lost or stolen, then it will be cancelled and any remaining money transferred to your new card. There will be a small charge for replacement cards.

For information about Metrocard Terms and Conditions:
Read the Metrocard Terms and Conditions (pdf 22 kB)

• Download the Metrocard application form (pdf 151 kB)
  Post to:
  Passenger Services
  Environment Canterbury
  PO Box 345, Christchurch 8140
• Visit Metroinfo at the Christchurch City Bus Exchange
• Phone Metroinfo 3 66 88 55 Monday to Saturday 6.30 am-10.30 pm and Sundays 9.00 am-9.00 pm

Metrocards can only be posted to residents in Canterbury, New Zealand.