Fourteen types of paper transit tickets will no longer be available from Monday, with commuters left to choose between using the electronic Opal Card to pay for their journey or buy a new ticket each day.

MyMulti tickets, which give travellers a discount for buying tickets in bulk on a monthly, half yearly or yearly basis, are among the types of tickets being scrapped.

Labor candidate for Maitland Jenny Aitchison said this would increase costs for regular commuters.

“When the Liberals came to office they announced discounts on periodic tickets; now they are taking them away and forcing daily commuters onto the more expensive Opal Card,” she said.

“For local commuters who travel to work day in and day out on the train, the Opal Card is not the most cost-effective way to travel, despite the Liberals’ cheesy marketing campaign that claims otherwise.

“Local commuters still have one last opportunity to lock in their lower travel fares for up to one more year if they purchase a monthly, quarterly or yearly periodic ticket before Monday.”

But Ms Parker hit back at the comments and said Labor had no credibility in public transport issues or electronic ticketing.

She said 90 per cent of commuters would either save money or see no financial difference under the new system.

“Labor first promised to deliver electronic ticketing back in 1997 in time for the Sydney 2000 Olympics and, not only did they fail to deliver, they wasted $100 million on their failed T-Card project,” Ms Parker said.

“Opal has frequent travel rewards: after eight paid journeys in a week, all journeys are free. 

“Customers will only pay for the travel they use, unlike the existing periodical tickets.”

Opal Card benefits include a daily $15 travel cap from Monday to Saturday and $2.50 unlimited travel on Sundays.

Commuters who pay for eight journeys between Monday and Sunday get free travel for the rest of that week and there will be a $60 weekly cap on ticket purchases.