Buy & Go
Buy & Go is Adelaide Metro’s ticketing app. It allows you to buy tickets on your smart phone at any time and is great if you don’t have a metroCARD or are travelling in a small group.
Buy & Go tickets are the same as metroCARD fares with tickets available to purchase within the app.
Tickets available
- Regular Singletrip (peak and off-peak)
- Regular Daytrip
- Concession Singletrip (peak and off-peak)
- Concession Daytrip
- Student Singletrip (peak and off-peak)
- Student Daytrip
- 3-Day Visitor Pass
Adelaide Metro Buy & Go tickets are the same price as metroCARD fares. For more information on all fare pricing see: Adelaide Metro fares
Please note that you can only buy and use off-peak tickets during off-peak times.
Adelaide Metro Buy & Go tickets are non-refundable, so choose carefully and double-check your order before paying.
How to use the app
- You can download the app on any smart phone (iOS 13 and above or Android 8 and above).
- Each Buy & Go account requires a separate email address: you cannot assign more than one Buy & Go account to the same email address.
- Buy & Go accounts are separate to metroCARD accounts.
- Simply activate your ticket within the app once you’re ready to validate on board. You can activate up to five tickets at a time.
- Purchased tickets that are not used will expire after 12 months and are non-refundable.
Common questions
Buy & Go tickets can be used on all trams and buses and for transfers to trains departing from Adelaide Railway Station. Buy & Go will become available on all trains by late-2025.
Yes, Buy & Go is available to download throughout Australia and in many other countries and regions, except where governments have imposed their own security instructions.
You can buy up to 10 tickets of the same type, and store up to 100 tickets. Stored tickets that are not used will expire after 12 months and are non-refundable.
Activating your ticket means converting a Purchased ticket into an Active ticket that is valid to use on public transport. Active tickets include details about the ticket, its expiry time, and a QR code that you must scan on a smart validator when you board or transfer to an Adelaide Metro service.
Important: When activating your ticket, its journey time starts counting down. Make sure you wait until just before you board to activate your ticket.
Yes. You can either activate several tickets individually and scan each active ticket’s QR code on the smart validator, or you can create a batched active ticket for up to five people and scan just one QR code that covers everyone in the batch.
To create a batched active ticket, select up to five purchased tickets, then activate them together. Tickets can be a combination of regular, concession and student fares, but must:
- be the same type of ticket with the same journey time (Singletrip, Daytrip or 3-Day Visitor Pass)
and - have the same travel time (peak or off-peak).
The person who holds the batched active ticket will need to stay with the other passengers in the batch for the whole trip.
Yes, all Adelaide Metro buses accept Buy & Go tickets as well as metroCARDs and Tap and Pay. While your ticket is valid, you can then transfer to any other bus or tram, or trains departing from Adelaide Railway Station.
Purchased tickets on the Buy & Go app will be stored in your account for 12 months. If you don’t activate these tickets within 12 months, they will expire. Expired tickets are non-refundable.
Active tickets expire when their journey countdown ends. The journey time varies for each ticket type:
- Singletrip: Expires after 2 hours from the time it was activated.
- Daytrip: Expires after one day from the time it was activated (up until 4:00 am the following day).
- 3-Day Visitor pass: Expires after 3 consecutive days from the time it was activated (up until 4:00 am the following day).
No, tickets you purchase on the app are not transferable.
No, any customer with access to a smart phone, an email address and a Visa/Mastercard account can use the app to purchase tickets. However, people in some age groups may not need to buy a ticket because they can travel for free, including children under 5 who are travelling with an adult, and people who hold a South Australian Seniors Card.
No, if you wish to access discounted parking at the Tea Tree Plaza Park ‘n’ Ride, you will need to keep using your metroCARD or South Australian Seniors Card.
