When travelling on the TransLink network, it is important to follow our conditions of travel, which include but are not limited to:
- All passengers must have a valid go card, seeQ or go explore card, or paper ticket.
- Customers travelling on a concession fare must carry their valid concession entitlement card.
- No smoking in a public passenger vehicle or on public transport infrastructure.
- No food or drink in a public passenger vehicle.
South East Queensland conditions of travel (PDF, 95KB)
Cairns conditions of travel (PDF, 95KB)
qconnect conditions of travel (PDF, 77KB)
Passengers may be fined by an Authorised Person for committing a public transport offence.
(Current as of 1 July 2017)
| Offence | Fine |
|---|---|
| Evade a fare | $261 |
| Fail to produce a ticket | $261 |
| Failure to supply name, address and age | $261 |
| Failure to give information by a certain person | $261 |
| Smoking on a public passenger vehicle | $261 |
| Consumption of food or drink on a public passenger vehicle without permission | $261 |
| Create a disturbance or nuisance on or in public transport | $522 |
| Fail to obey a direction to leave or not enter passenger transport infrastructure or public passenger vehicle | $522 |
| Interfere with public transport infrastructure, service, vehicle or equipment | $522 |
| Person taking an animal that is not an assistance animal on a public passenger vehicle without permission | $261 |
| Failure to produce evidence of concessional entitlement | $261 |
| Placing feet on seat of rollingstock | $261 |
| Entering or leaving moving rollingstock | $261 |
| Opening external door of moving rollingstock | $261 |
| Placing a part of a person’s body out of a window or door of moving rollingstock | $261 |
| Entering or leaving a railway other than through a proper entrance or exit | $261 |
| Entering rollingstock not designated for passengers | $261 |
| Riding on the outside of rollingstock | $261 |
| Putting graffiti on a railway or rollingstock | $261 |
| Entering railway crossing whilst warning signal is sounding or has just sounded | $261 |
| Entering or leaving a railway other than through a proper entrance or exit | $261 |
| Spitting on platform, rollingstock, structure or thing on platform | $261 |
| Consumption of alcohol on a railway | $130 |
| Crossing of a railway line at a non-designated crossing | $261 |
| Allowing an animal onto a railway | $261 |
| Leaving waste paper or rubbish on a railway other than in a container designated for that purpose | $130 |
| Occupying more than one seat on a train | $261 |
| Bringing onto rollingstock designed for passengers a thing which, because of its size or shape, cannot be put (a) under the seat; or (b) in an overhead rack; or (c) in a designed storage area | $261 |
| Placing an item where it may cause obstruction or injury | $261 |
| Selling, seeking business or conducting a survey on a railway | $261 |
| Playing a musical instrument on a railway | $261 |
| Consumption of food and drink on a train | $261 |
| Smoking on a railway | $261 |
| Parking a vehicle other than in a designated parking space | $261 |
| Failure to obey direction on a sign in relation to driving or parking a vehicle | $261 |
| Driving a vehicle (other than a wheelchair) on a bridge, or platform, or in a subway | $261 |
| Drive on busway or busway transport infrastructure designed for pedestrian use or light rail platform | $261 |
| Park on busway or busway transport infrastructure except in an authorised place | $261 |
| Failure to obey sign about driving or parking vehicle on busway or busway transport infrastructure | $261 |
| Failure to enter or leave designated entry or exit | $261 |
| Take or allow an animal on a regulated area | $261 |
| Litter on regulated area | $130 |
| Drink alcohol on regulated area | $261 |
| Smoke in signed, regulated area | $261 |
| Sell or seek business or conduct survey on regulated area | $130 |
| Play musical instrument or operate sound equipment on regulated area | $130 |
| Spit while on or in a public passenger vehicle, or busway, or busway transport infrastructure or light rail platform | $261 |
| Obtaining hire or use of vehicle by fraud or misrepresentation | $522 |
| Drive on busway or bus transport infrastructure at more than permitted speed | $261 |
| Enter busway route without authorisation | $261 |