Public transport concession card

Many Monash students are eligible for a Victorian Public Transport (VPT) student concession card. This card gets you cheaper public transport fares.

To apply

If you are eligible, you can download a transport concession form in WES.

Applications open 21 January 2013.

To get your card, take your completed form and photo to one of the locations below:

• PTV Hubs
• Premium station
• Staffed V/Line station or V/Line ticket agent

Eligibility

You are eligible for a public transport student concession card if you are:

• an Australian citizen or holder of an Australian Permanent Residency Visa
• a student with refugee status
• a student with an Australian Development Scholarship (AusAID student).

You must also be either:

• a full-time, undergraduate student (minimum 0.375 EFTSL per semester)
  or
  
• attending a school/college/institution as part of an approved overseas exchange program. Your Monash course title must have the word EXCHANGE.

You are not eligible for a public transport student concession card if you are:

• a New Zealand citizen with a Special Category Visa (you must have an Australian Permanent Residency Visa)
• a postgraduate or PhD student
• an international student and your course title doesn't have EXCHANGE
• an off-campus learning or distance education student
• enrolled in a course which is less than 10 weeks long
• enrolled part-time (less than 0.375 EFTSL per semester).

myki

myki is the new public transport payment system replacing Metcard across all forms of metropolitan public transport. You receive a free concession myki card when you apply for a Victorian Public Transport Student Concession (VPT) card.