Opal Travel

Transport for NSW

About this app

Opal Travel is the official app for managing your travel across the public transport network in Sydney (Australia), and surrounding regions. Use the app to plan trips, top up your Opal balance, view trip and transaction history, and access other useful information all on your Android device. Opal Travel can be used with both registered and unregistered Opal cards.

With this app you can:
- Plan trips and see fare estimates
- View and top up your Opal balance on the go
- Register your Opal card or credit/debit card you use to catch public transport
- View travel history and transactions for both Opal and credit/debit card tap ons
- Set up automatic balance top ups
- Report an Opal card as lost or stolen and transfer the balance to another Opal card
- Get location-based alerts when approaching your stop
- Get notifications about delays and disruptions specific to your trip
- Check weekly travel rewards
- Scan your Opal card with your device to check tap on status, account balance and weekly travel rewards (compatible NFC-enabled Android devices only)
- See Opal retailer locations on a map


Note:
Opal card scanning may not work on all devices.
Designed for use with Adult, Child/Youth, Concession and Senior/Pensioner Opal cards, and American Express, MasterCard and Visa only.
Not compatible with rooted (jailbroken) Android devices.


By installing Opal Travel you acknowledge and accept the Opal Travel app Terms of Use and agree to receive those Terms of Use and any amendments electronically via Google Play. You acknowledge that Transport for NSW will not send you a paper copy.


For more information visit https://transportnsw.info/apps/opal-travel

Ratings and reviews

The app works but it's a usability nightmare. Planning a trip is slow when searching for stations, no recent search history, and the app always returns to the home screen when you switch away. As others mentioned, any money left on a card when you are done with it is basically forfeit so don't load the card with anything more than you need.

Sack the Government!! Buses either are ghost buses that never arrive yet show up in the app as "1 minute ago" or non-express buses that refuse to stop despite frantic waving. Had to stand on the road to ensure my bus would stop after 2 zoomed by. This is dangerous! Update after app developer response: I have provided feedback to transportnsw, the Minister & the bus company several times and they simply reply with meaningless form letters and it just gets worse. No-one cares.

The app is missing functuallity from the website version of trip planner, for example the ability to change your walking speed. in the departures page, it also shows busses that skip the stop or only set down. For example, the #2 bus in wollongong shoes that it picks up and sets down in wonoona, but it only sets down. (or vice versa depending on direction). On the website version of departures, it will not show a bus that bus if you type in an arrival stop where it picks up only. This is good

What's new

This release includes performance improvements and will require a mandatory update.