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What is the most economical tickets from Central to UNSW? i'll go there 5 days a week. Sorry i'm still a bit unfamiliar with the system
 
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Take a look at the cityrail MyMulti zoning map, and you'll either be in zone 1, 2 or 3. 1 being closest towards sydney CBD and 3 being furtherst away.

Open up the pdf and see where you live and what zone you're in. If you're going to be there 5 days, and are using the train to get to central, strongly consider mymulti.

http://www.cityrail.info/tickets/which/mymulti
 
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Sorry forgot to mention - assuming you aren't familiar with the mymulti system, they cover buses+trains+ferries+trams (light rail) in one ticket. Usually these tickets are economical for people who are travelling 30 minutes + to get to uni, and are travelling for more than 3 days a week.

Here's a list of how much each ticket will cost, you do your own calculations :p Just one thing I don't know is, how many sections the bus travels through from central to UNSW :/ http://www.131500.com.au/tickets/fares
 

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I'm pretty sure (mightbewrong) that child tickets cost the same as student tickets....

Everything's pretty much been mentioned but if you're one of those last minute people (me) then getting a Multi is super handy because you don't want to be rushing for the train, especially if you have to change transport, and have to pause and stop to buy a new train ticket every day. Might be worth it just for the convenience factor :p

Also they are pretty handy for going out on Friday nights/weekends, because you don't have to worry about needing change to pay for the train or bus.
 
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Yep. Child, student and half fare are all the same price :) The cheapest ticket you could ever get is the pensioner $2.50 ticket :p
 

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return ticket is different price for child and student isn't it ?
 
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Sorry, you're correct :) It's only a child ticket which has an off peak return price range, which is cheaper - but that is the only difference from a student ticket price. Student tickets don't have these. All explained here on the ticket calculator http://cityrail.info/tickets/fare_calculator.htm
Adult and child tickets have off peak.
Child tickets are for 16 and younger, so it's not even worth the drama to stooge them for a child ticket to get a cheaper off peak return.
 

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I have only three days a week for university, so MyMulti2 will be unnecessary for me. So I'm getting 3 return tickets (train) and mybus 10. This will work out to be cheaper, cos I will have leftover bus tickets (around 4) for the following week, which will be more cost-effective.
 

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I have only three days a week for university, so MyMulti2 will be unnecessary for me. So I'm getting 3 return tickets (train) and mybus 10. This will work out to be cheaper, cos I will have leftover bus tickets (around 4) for the following week, which will be more cost-effective.
If you're doing that, the longer term MyTrain tickets might be worth it as well, since there's concessions for those
 

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