Tips On Road Tolls in Australia
A toll road is a road that requires you to pay a fee to travel on it. In some instances, this may involve stopping at a toll point to pay a fee, however with recent technology, Electronic overhead toll collection system has taken its place.
Road Tolls can be found in the states of Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. Tolling points are positioned within the metropolitan capitals of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
When hiring a rental Car with Cheaper Car Rental your Hired Car will come with a small electronic devise that is place on the front widescreen so no need to organise with the toll provider Linkt, before your travel. When Passing under the toll, your devise will make a singular beep sound, this will indicate that a toll charge has been recorded. Tolls can be used as many times as you require throughout the duration of your rental.
How to Pay Your Toll
Upon return of your hired Car, insure to inform a cheaper car rental assistant that tolls had been used. You would have paid a security bond when signing your rental car agreement. Your Car rental security Bond will be used to pay any of the tolls used; the balance of your bond will be returned to your credit card once the toll balance has been deducted. This may take up to 10 working business days.
Locations of Tolls the states
Victoria
The toll roads in Victoria can be found in and around the capital city of Melbourne. CityLink operate Toll Services from the Tullamarine Freeway, across the Bolte Bridge, through the Burnley and Domain Tunnels which links the South-Eastern suburbs to the West Gate Bridge
- CityLink, will link Melbourne airport to Melbourne’s CBD therefore, if you have picked yourrental car from Cheaper Car Rentals Tullamarine airport location and heading into the city or southern suburbs of Melbourne the likelihood of using CityLink is probable.
- EastLink, Links Melbourne CBD & Melbourne’s Eastern suburbs to the Mornington Peninsula. So if your planning to take your Rental Car for a drive to visit Melbourne’s stunning beaches of Mornington your will come across tolls
To find out more about Melbourne’s toll system visit www.linkt.com.au/melbourne
New South Wales
The toll points in New South Wales can be found in Sydney along the M2, M5, M7, Lane Cove Tunnel, Military Road E-Ramps, the Eastern Distributor, the Cross City Tunnel and the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Tunnel.
To find out more about toll roads in Sydney visit www.linkt.com.au/using-toll-roads/about-sydney-toll-roads/sydney
Queensland
Queensland’s toll roads form an integrated network of tolled roads, bridges and tunnels that provides greater connectivity, efficiency and reliability across the greater Brisbane and Toowoomba areas These toll roads can be found on the Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges, Gateway Extension, Logan Motorway, Clem 7 and the Go Between Bridge. If you’re driving up from the Gold Coast to Brisbane on the M1 motorways it totally free however if your drive your Rental Car via the Gateway Motorway, you’ll need to pay a toll.
To find out more about toll roads in Queensland visit https://www.linkt.com.au/using-toll-roads/about-brisbane-toll-roads/brisbane