Using your Metrocard saves you at least 25% compared to what a cash fare would cost you.
Check out these savings for travelling with a Metrocard around greater Christchurch
| Fare Zone | Single Fare | Daily maximum | Weekly maximum | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fare Zone | Child | Adult | Child | Adult | Child | Adult |
| Zone 1 | $1.50 | $2.65 | $3.00 | $5.30 | $15.00 | $26.50 |
| Zone 2 | $2.15 | $3.85 | $4.30 | $7.70 | $21.50 | $38.50 |
| Zone 3 | $2.60 | $4.70 | $5.20 | $9.40 | $26.00 | $47.00 |
| Ferry (Zone 3) | $2.60 | $4.70 | $5.20 | $9.40 | $26.00 | $47.00 |
- When you travel within suburban Christchurch you will only pay Zone 1 fares. Check the zone boundaries map for details.
- For a single fare, you receive two hours of unlimited travel in the same zone.
- For the daily maximum, you receive unlimited travel for one day.
- When the weekly maximum is used Monday – Friday, you receive weekend travel free within the same zone.
- Children under-5 years-of-age, accompanied by a fare-paying passenger, can travel free-of-charge.
Transferring between zones
If you travel from the city on a zone 1 service and want to transfer onto a zone 2, 3 or Ferry service, ask the driver of your first bus to charge the zone 2 or 3 fare. That way, you don’t pay the zone 1 fare of the first bus and also the zone 2 or 3 fare.
For example: Sally lives in Rangiora and studies at Canterbury University. She travels on the Orbiter to Northlands, then hops on the 1 Rangiora/Cashmere to get home. She tells the driver of the Orbiter to charge her a ‘zone 2’ fare. In doing so, she does not get charged the extra $2.65 for using the Orbiter within zone 1 but only the 1 Rangiora/Cashmere fare of $3.85.
