Do You Tap off on Melbourne Trams?

Trams. If you're travelling in Zone 1+2, remember to touch on. You don't need to touch off. If you're just travelling in the city's Free Tram Zone, don't touch on or off.

How do you tap on Melbourne trams?

But because they're not as common as trains or buses, there are a few tricks to using them right. You need to tap on (that is, hold your Myki card against the card reader) on trams, but you don't have to tap off. In the free tram zone (the Melbourne CBD; listen for announcements) you don't need to tap on at all.

Why don't you need to touch off on trams?

When you travel with myki on a tram you don't always need to touch off at the end of your journey. That's because you can now travel from one end of a tram route to the other on a Zone 1 fare. ... Less than five per cent of tram trips occur in the Zone 1/2 overlap.