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GOZO PASSENGER AND GOODS SERVICES (FARES) REGULATIONS
Table of Provisions (26)
Statutory Text (26 Articles)
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 499.75
GOZO PASSENGER AND GOODS SERVICES (FARES)
REGULATIONS
1st August, 2025
LEGAL NOTICE 163 of 2025.
The title of these regulations is the Gozo Passenger and
Goods Services (Fares) Regulations.
(regulation 3(1))
Fares on a return trip
basis for journeys from
Ċirkewwa or from any
other port in Malta to
Mġarr, Gozo, or vice
versa, with ro-ro
passenger ships
1. Passenger Standard Fare
€4.65
This fare applies for all passengers,
except permanent residents in Gozo
and those having a Maltese resident
senior citizen status.
2. Passenger Standard Night Fare
€4.05
This fare applies for all passengers,
except permanent residents in Gozo
and those having a Maltese resident
senior citizen status, leaving Mġarr,
Gozo after 8pm and before the first
morning trip of the scheduled ro-ro
passenger ships services operator’s
printed Schedule of Trips between
the months of November and March.
3. Gozo Resident Passenger Subsidised
€1.15
Fare
This fare applies to permanent
residents in Gozo.
GOZO PASSENGER AND GOODS SERVICES (FARES)
4. Maltese Resident Senior Citizen
Free
Subsidised Fare
This fare applies to all those having
a Maltese resident senior citizen
status.
5. Children’s Fare
€1.15
This fare applies to all children from
the age of 3 up to 12 years.
6. Car and Driver Standard Fare
€15.70
This fare applies to all passengers,
except permanent residents in Gozo
and those having a Maltese resident
senior citizen status travelling by
car.
7. Car and Driver Standard Night Fare
€12.80
This fare applies to all passengers,
except permanent residents in Gozo
and those having a Maltese resident
senior citizen status, travelling by
car leaving Mġarr, Gozo after 8pm
and before the first morning trip of
the scheduled ro-ro passenger ships
services operator’s printed Schedule
of Trips between the months of
November and March.
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise
requires
"authorised officer" means an officer of the scheduled ro-
ro passenger ships services operator so contracted by
Government to operate such services or a public official
appointed by the Ministry responsible for transport;
"disability" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it
in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities Act;
"person with disability" means any person in possession
of a specific identification document or other documentation
acknowledging such disability; and
"ro-ro passenger ship" means a ship with facilities to
enable road vehicles to roll on and roll off the vessel, and
carrying more than twelve (12) passengers.
(regulation 3(2))
Frequent Traveller Scheme
The Frequent Traveller Scheme, which applies to ro-ro
passenger ships between Ċirkewwa or from any other port in Malta to
Mġarr, Gozo, or vice versa, offers the passenger the option to buy a
number of return trip tickets at a reduced rate, to be utilised within the
timeframe specified in the following table
Foot Passenger Service
Standard Vehicle* and Driver Service
Scheme
No. of
Cost
Validity
Scheme
No. of
Cost
trips
€
trips
€
107.15
1 year
423.95
102.49
1 year
370.37
93.17
1 year
314.47
69.88
6 months
256.23
55.90
6 months
195.67
(1)
The fares payable by passengers and vehicles for
the journey from Ċirkewwa or from any other port in Malta to Mġarr,
Gozo, or vice versa, with ro-ro passenger ships, shall be those listed in
the First Schedule.
(2)
The fares payable in respect to any incentive scheme for
the journey from Ċirkewwa or from any other port in Malta to Mġarr,
Gozo, or vice versa, with ro-ro passenger ships, shall be those listed in
the Second and Fourth Schedules.
(regulation 4)
Fares on return trip basis
Ċirkewwa,
Any other
Malta
port in Malta
1. The overall length of vehicle
€23.25
€26.75
exceeding 5.5 metres but not
exceeding 6.5 metres
2. The overall length of vehicle
€34.90
€39.50
exceeding 6.5 metres but not
exceeding 8 metres
3. The overall length of vehicle
€53.55
€61.65
exceeding 8 metres but not
exceeding 10 metres
4. The overall length of vehicle
€62.85
€72.15
exceeding 10 metres but not
exceeding 12 metres
5. The overall length of vehicle
€74.50
€87.30
exceeding 12 metres but not
exceeding 14 metres
6. The overall length of vehicle
€88.50
€102.40
exceeding 14 metres
7. Vehicles with an overall length under 5.5 metres shall fall under
the car category.
8. Towed trailer up to 5 metres shall pay €13.95. When length
exceeds 5 metres, payment shall be based on overall length of
vehicle and towed trailer in accordance with the above-
mentioned fares.
9. A surcharge of €2.30 per linear metre shall be applied on
overhanging cargo carried on vehicles boarding from Ċirkewwa,
Malta, to Mġarr, Gozo, or vice versa.
10. A surcharge of €2.80 per linear metre shall be applied on
overhanging cargo carried on vehicles boarding from any other
port in Malta to Mġarr, Gozo or vice versa.
11. These fares only apply to vehicles. Fares applicable to
passengers and drivers listed in the First Schedule shall be paid
separately.
The following fares shall apply to vehicles with an overall
length exceeding 5.3 metres but not exceeding 5.5 metres including
driver fare
Fares on return trip basis
Ċirkewwa,
Any other
Malta
port in Malta
1. The overall length of vehicle
€ 20.70
€ 21.70
exceeding 5.3 metres but not
exceeding 5.5 metres and
Driver Standard Fare
This fare applies to all
passengers, except permanent
residents in Gozo and those
having a Maltese resident
senior citizen status, travelling
by vehicle.
2. The overall length of vehicle
€ 13.15
€ 14.15
exceeding 5.3 metres but not
exceeding 5.5 metres and Gozo
Resident Driver Subsidised
Fare
This fare applies to permanent
residents in Gozo travelling by
vehicle.
3. The overall length of vehicle
€ 16.05
€ 17.05
exceeding 5.3 metres but not
exceeding 5.5 metres and
Maltese
Residents
Senior
Citizen Driver Fare
This fare applies to all those
having a Maltese resident
senior citizen status travelling
by vehicle.
GOZO PASSENGER AND GOODS SERVICES (FARES)
4. The overall length of vehicle
€ 11.95
€ 12.95
exceeding 5.3 metres but not
exceeding 5.5 metres and Gozo
Resident Driver who is also a
Maltese
Resident
Senior
Citizen Fare
This fare applies to all those
permanent residents in Gozo
having a Maltese resident
senior citizen status travelling
by vehicle.
The fares payable on commercial vehicles and, or other
vehicles falling within the parameters listed in the Third Schedule for
the journey from Ċirkewwa or from any other port in Malta to Mġarr,
Gozo, or vice versa, with ro-ro passenger ships shall be those listed in
the said Schedule.
(regulation 3(2))
Family Passes Scheme
This scheme applies to "L-Ulied ta’ Għawdxin Residenti Malta"
and applies to cars with an overall length up to 5.3 metres.
Family Pass - Passenger Card
€ 4.65
Family Pass - Car and Driver Card
€ 11.65
The terms and conditions which regulate this scheme may be
obtained from the scheduled ro-ro passenger ships services operator.
The sale of such scheme may be terminated at the scheduled ro-
ro passenger ships services operator’s discretion.
A passenger may be requested to produce his legally
valid identification document or Maltese resident senior citizen status
at the time of the issuing of the ticket, or at any other time of boarding
the vessel, or during the trip, so as to establish his identity as a Gozo
permanent resident or Maltese resident senior citizen respectively.
A passenger may be requested to produce his ticket on
demand by an authorised officer in order to verify and inspect such
ticket and its validity, and the entitlement thereof in the case of a
subsidised fare, both before boarding the vessel and, or on board such
vessel.
Loads on commercial vehicles are not to exceed the
registered capacity of the vehicle and, or an axle-weight in excess of
thirteen (13) tons.
Car and Gozo Resident Driver
€8.15
Subsidised Fare
This fare applies to permanent
residents in Gozo travelling by car.
Car and Gozo Resident who is also a
€6.95
Maltese Resident Senior Citizen
Driver Subsidised Fare
This fare applies to permanent
residents in Gozo having a Maltese
resident senior citizen status
travelling by car.
Car and Maltese Resident Senior
€11.05
Citizen Driver Subsidised Fare
This fare applies to all those having
a Maltese resident senior citizen
status travelling by car.
GOZO PASSENGER AND GOODS SERVICES (FARES)
Motorcycle and Driver Standard
€8.15
Fare
This fare applies to all passengers,
except permanent residents in Gozo
and those having a Maltese resident
senior citizen status, travelling by
motorcyle.
Motorcycle and Driver Night Fare
€6.95
This fare applies to all passengers,
except to permanent residents in
Gozo and those having a Maltese
resident senior citizen status,
travelling by motorcycle on trips
leaving Mġarr, Gozo after 8pm, and
before the first trip of the scheduled
ro-ro passenger ships services
operator’s printed Schedule of Trips
between the month of November
and March.
Motorcycle and Gozo Resident
€4.65
Driver Subsidised Fare
This fare only applies to permanent
residents in Gozo travelling by
motorcycle.
Motorcycle and Gozo Resident who
€3.45
is also a Maltese Resident Senior
Citizen Driver Subsidised Fare
This fare applies to permanent
residents in Gozo having a Maltese
resident senior citizen status
travelling by motorcycle.
Motorcycle and Maltese Resident
€3.45
Senior Citizen Driver Subsidised
Fare
This fare applies to all those having
a Maltese resident senior citizen
status travelling by motorcycle.
Bicycle Standard Fare
€1.15
This fare applies for all passengers
travelling by bicycle.
Person with Disabilities Standard
Free
Fare
This fare is applicable to all persons
with a disability status.
Car and Driver with Disability
€11.05
Subsidised Fare
This fare is applicable to all persons
with a disability status travelling by
car.
Car and Gozo Resident Driver with
€6.95
Disability Subsidised Fare
This fare is applicable to all
permanent residents in Gozo having
a person with a disability status
travelling by car.
59
3 months
167.71
32.61
3 months
116.47
20.96
6 weeks
70
17**
291.17
* Up to 5.3 metres in length.
** This is the Daily Commuter Travel Card applicable for 50
trips and it is valid for 3 months.
GOZO PASSENGER AND GOODS SERVICES (FARES)
The terms and conditions which regulate this scheme may be
obtained from the scheduled ro-ro passenger ships services operator.
The sale of such scheme may be terminated at the scheduled ro-
ro passenger ships services operator’s discretion.