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 2016)
| Offence | Fine |
|---|---|
| Evade a fare | $243 |
| Fail to produce a ticket | $243 |
| Failure to state name, address or age to an Authorised Person | $243 |
| Failure to provide information about a relevant offence | $243 |
| Smoking on a Public Passenger Vehicle | $243 |
| Consumption of food/drink on a Public Passenger Vehicle | $243 |
| Create a disturbance or nuisance on or in Passenger Transport Infrastructure or Public Passenger Vehicle | $487 |
| Fail to obey a direction to leave or not enter Passenger Transport Infrastructure or Public Passenger Vehicle | $487 |
| Interfere with a vehicle or equipment | $487 |
| Person take animal that is not assistance animal on public passenger vehicle without permission | $243 |
| Failure to produce evidence of concessional entitlement | $243 |
| Placing feet on seat of rolling stock | $243 |
| Entering or leaving moving rolling stock | $243 |
| Opening external door of moving rolling stock | $243 |
| Placing a part of a person’s body out of a window or door of moving rolling stock | $243 |
| Entering or leaving a railway other than through a proper entrance or exit | $243 |
| Entering rolling stock not designated for passengers | $243 |
| Riding on the outside of rolling stock | $243 |
| Putting graffiti on a railway | $243 |
| Entering railway crossing whilst warning signal has/is sounded | $243 |
| Enter railway track other than for purpose for crossing one side to another | $243 |
| Spitting on platform, rolling stock or structure | $243 |
| Consumption of alcohol on a railway | $121 |
| Crossing of a railway tracks other than at a Railway crossing | $243 |
| Allowing an animal onto a railway | $243 |
| Leaving litter on a railway other than in container provided for that purpose | $121 |
| Occupying more than 1 seat on rolling stock | $243 |
| Bringing onto rolling stock designed for passengers a sizeable object that cannot be put: (a) under the seat; or (b) in an overhead rack; or (c) in a designed storage area | $243 |
| Placing anything in the aisle where it may cause obstruction or injury | $243 |
| Selling, seeking business or conducting a survey on a railway | $243 |
| Playing a musical instrument or Operating sound equipment at a level likely to be a nuisance | $243 |
| Consuming food or drink on rolling stock | $243 |
| Smoking on a railway | $243 |
| Parking a vehicle other than in designated parking space | $243 |
| Failure to obey direction on a sign in relation to driving or parking | $243 |
| Driving a vehicle (other than a wheelchair) on a bridge, subway or platform | $243 |
| Drive on busway or Busway Transport Infrastructure designed for pedestrian use or Light Rail platform | $243 |
| Park on busway or Busway Transport Infrastructure except in authorised place | $243 |
| Failure to obey sign about driving or parking vehicle on busway or Busway Transport Infrastructure | $243 |
| Failure to enter or leave designated entry or exit | $243 |
| Take or allow animal on regulated area | $243 |
| Litter on regulated area | $121 |
| Drink alcohol on regulated area | $243 |
| Smoke in signed area of regulated area | $243 |
| Sell or seek business or conduct survey on regulated area | $121 |
| Play musical instrument or operate sound equipment on regulated area | $121 |
| Spit while on or in Public Passenger Vehicle or busway or Busway Transport Infrastructure or Light Rail platform | $243 |
New tobacco laws
From 1 September 2016, smoking is banned at public transport waiting areas and within a five meter buffer zone beyond the waiting area.
A person is considered to be within the five metre buffer zone if they are in a queue that starts at the public transport waiting point. It is an offence to smoke anywhere in a bus queue, even if the queue extends beyond five metres from the bus stop sign.
You can call 13QGOV (13 74 68) to report a possible breach of the law.
For more information visit the Queensland Health website.