Country Pensioner Excursion tickets
Enjoy affordable travel across regional NSW with the $2.50 Country Pensioner Excursion ticket for eligible pensioners and seniors.
About the Country Pensioner Excursion ticket
The Country Pensioner Excursion (CPE) ticket offers affordable travel for eligible pensioners and seniors in regional NSW and the ACT.
For $2.50 you can book an Economy Class seat on a NSW TrainLink Regional train service. Bookings must be made within 7 days of your travel date.
Eligibility
You can buy a CPE ticket if you have one of these cards:
- Seniors Card from any Australian state or territory.
- NSW, Victorian or ACT Pensioner Concession Card. (Pensioners from other states and territories pay half fare).
- NSW, ACT or Victorian War Widow/er Transport Concession Card.
- DVA Veteran Gold Card.
- Asylum Seekers Transport Concession Entitlement Card.
Using your CPE ticket
- Booking required: You must book your trip before you travel. Bookings must be made 7 days or less before travel. If not, you will pay the regular concession fare.
- Multiple stops: You can make several stops on one ticket - including returning to place of origin - if:
- You do not stop for more than 12 hours.
- You complete your journey as shown on the ticket.
- You complete your journey on the same day as you start travelling.
- Carry your concession card: You must show it to Transport staff if requested.
Where you cannot use CPE tickets
CPE tickets are not valid for:
- travel in the Opal network in NSW TrainLink Intercity or Sydney Trains areas (e.g., Sydney, Wollongong, Newcastle).
- travel to interstate destinations (Queensland, Victoria, South Australia).
View the Country Pensioner Excursion ticket boundary map (PDF, 628.3KB) for eligible travel locations.
If you wish to travel through these areas, use the half-fare entitlement with your Pensioner Concession Card or Seniors Card or use a Pensioner Travel Voucher.
If you are only travelling within the Opal network, you can use a Gold Senior/Pensioner Opal card.
Where to buy a CPE ticket
You can buy tickets:
- Online: Select the concession type: Country Pension Excursion Fare when booking. Book online
- Phone: Call 13 22 32.
- In person: At train stations and sales agents outside Sydney. Find NSW TrainLink sales agents.
Note: CPE tickets cannot be purchased at stations within Sydney or the surrounding boundary area. This includes Central Station. View the boundary map (PDF, 628.3KB).
Terms and conditions
- Tickets must be booked within seven days of the date of travel.
- You need to provide your concession card number when booking and you must carry both your ticket and concession card with you during your journey.
- CPE tickets cannot be used within the area bounded by - and including - Sydney, Nowra, Moss Vale, Lithgow, Muswellbrook, Maitland, Karuah, and Bowral.
- The ticket is not transferable.