Christchurch and surrounding areas are divided into three Metro Fare Zones. Fares vary depending on which Zone you're travelling in.

Zone 1 covers all bus routes within Christchurch city:

Method	Fare type	Adult	Child*	Notes
Cash fare	Single Trip	$2.50	$1.30	Includes one free transfer within 2 hours
Metrocard	Single Trip	$1.90	$0.95	Includes unlimited free transfers for the first 2 hours
	All Day Travel	$3.80	$1.90	Maximum you pay per day for as many trips as you like
	Weekly Travel	$19.00	$9.50	Use your Metrocard Monday to Friday - All Day Travel - and your weekend travel is free

* Fares for young people: Young people under the age of 18 may travel at a reduced rate upon proof of age and identity.
Please note:

• Young people under the age of 5 travel free when accompanied by a fare paying passenger
• Young people under the age of 18 pay approximately half price for fares upon presentation of a Can Do Card or approved photo ID with date of birth.

Zone 2-3 covers Metro services that travel beyond the city boundary. These include:

• Airport
• Burnham via Rolleston
• Lincoln (including Lincoln University)
• Northern Star (includes Rangiora, Kaiapoi, Waikuku and Woodend)
• Diamond Harbour Ferry

Fares in this table are the cost of travelling from the City Exchange to the destination listed.

				Cash		Metrocard
No.	Route	Zone	Boundary / dest	Adult	Child	Adult	Child
81, 518	Lincoln	2	Lincoln University & township	$3.50	$1.80	$2.60	$1.30
A, 10	Airport	1	City to Russley Rd	$2.50	$1.30	$1.90	$0.95
			Airport	$7	$4	$1.90	$0.95
480	Kainga	1	City to Waimakariri River	$2.50	$1.30	$1.90	$0.95
		2	Kaiapoi	$3.50	$1.80	$2.60	$1.30
520	Burnham via Rolleston	1	Hornby & Templeton	$2.50	$1.30	$1.90	$0.95
		2	Templeton (after Dawsons Rd)	$3.50	$1.80	$2.60	$1.30
		3	Rolleston	$5	$2.50	$3.75	$1.90
		3	Burnham	$5	$2.50	$3.75	$1.90
90	Rangiora (direct) Rangiora (direct) Rangiora (direct)	1 2 3	City to Waimakariri River Waimak River to Bramleys Rd & Lineside Rd Bramleys Rd & Lineside Rd to Rangiora	$2.50 $3.50 $5.00	$1.30 $1.80 $2.50	$1.90 $2.60 $3.75	$0.95 $1.30 $1.90
92	Rangiora (via Woodend & Waikuku)	1 2	City to Belfast City to Kaipoi	$2.50 $3.50	$1.30 $1.80	$1.90 $2.60	$0.95 $1.30
92	Rangiora (via Woodend & Waikuku)	3 1 1 1 2 2 2	City to Rangiora, Woodend & Waikuku 912 Rangiora to Woodend 912 Rangiora to Waikuku Woodend to Waikuku Rangiora to Kaiapoi Woodend to Kaiapoi Waikuku to Kaiapoi	$5.00 $2.50 $2.50 $2.50 $3.50 $3.50 $3.50	$2.50 $1.30 $1.30 $1.30 $1.80 $1.80 $1.80	$3.75 $1.90 $1.90 $1.90 $2.60 $2.60 $2.60	$1.90 $0.95 $0.95 $0.95 $1.30 $1.30 $1.30
912 913	Woodend Shuttle Woodend Shuttle (via Waikuku)	1 2 2 2	912 Rangiora to Woodend 912 Rangiora to Waikuku Woodend to Waikuku Rangiora to Kaiapoi Woodend to Kaiapoi Waikuku to Kaiapoi	$2.50 $3.50 $3.50 $3.50	$1.30 $1.80 $1.80 $1.80	$1.90 $2.60 $2.60 $2.60	$0.95 $1.30 $1.30 $1.30
	Diamond Harbour Ferry	3	Diamond Harbour	$5	$2.50	$3.75	$1.90

For Cash fares, pay your driver as you board the bus.

For Metrocard, your fare is automatically deducted when you board the bus.

Please note: For cash fares there are no free transfers within zone 2-3 and only one free transfer within 2 hours for zone 1. Metrocards offer unlimited free transfers within the zone purchased for the first 2 hours.* Furthermore, Metrocard offers unlimited all day travel after two fares purchased (for the same zone).

For more information about Metrocard, see our Metrocard page or go to the City Exchange.

*To benefit from free transfers with Metrocard, you must specify the full zonal distance you require on your first trip.


Standard fares apply on public holidays.