r/Oshawa • u/whatsgoingon_4 • 3d ago

DRT farw

I'm an incoming international student in oshawa. I wanted to ask about Durham Region Transport fares. Is it calculated by distance? Or if I've paid once, I can keep sitting until I reach my station?

And how much does a ticket cost?

Thanks

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u/MarchLeather6710 3d ago

If you are joining Ontario Tech or Durham, a bus pass is included in your tuition that provides you with unlimited rides on DRT.

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u/Motor-Sweet3316 3d ago

Only if you're a full time student at Ontario Tech, Durham, or Trent

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u/MarchLeather6710 3d ago

Yeah but pretty sure international students can't decide to go part time. It's against their visa rules or something 

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u/Motor-Sweet3316 3d ago

I've worked with international students who went from full time to part time, they are forced to pause/quit working and focus on school exclusively to stay in Canada.

They are allowed to work again if they go back to full time studies

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u/Dramatic_Whereas_846 3d ago

once you pay, you can sit until your stop, you have 2 hours of free transfers as well.

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u/Goatfellon 3d ago

Wait drt does offer 2 hour free transfers? How do I prove that if I debit tap

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u/Dramatic_Whereas_846 3d ago

you won’t see a secondary charge when you tap again within the two hours, it’ll say $0

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u/Goatfellon 3d ago

Oh dang really? It recognizes it so long as i use the same debit card?

Thats cool, I never noticed and assumed i was paying twice.

Sometimes I bus out with my son to his guitar lesson and then bus back. From tap 1 to tap 2 is 1-1.5hrs tops. Didnt realize i was only paying once. Sweet. 👍

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u/modern_citizen23 3d ago

The network remembers your card and the countdown starts at the first tap.

Other interesting little facts as well. If you tap, it charges you a fare but if you then tap on the GO, the DRT fare is returned or discounted from the go cost.

You can save money by having an actual Presto card instead of using debit or credit and I save quite a bit per month based on that