North Connex Caravan Charges
Submitted: Saturday, Dec 05, 2020 at 09:16
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Member - bbuzz (NSW)
Hi all,
Last year there were complaints about caravans being charged the truck rate in tunnels and/or the motorways.
I remember that a deal was struck (perhaps by the NRMA) whereby the toll was reduced.
I have just been through this latest tunnel and while it is a huge improvement; the toll is the same as the trucks - for caravans.
Is my recall correct?
How will I bring this anomaly to someone's attention?
bill
Reply By: Member - DOZER - Saturday, Dec 05, 2020 at 09:30
Saturday, Dec 05, 2020 at 09:30
Bill, not paying the toll will get someones attention....then tell them you were a car with trailer....but before this, just
check the conditions of entry, its more to do with length and or height of combined vehicle and trailer that deems which toll you pay. I used the tunnel last week, quite impressive to travel through
Sydney without stopping once....but $22 in tolls per time, you wouldnt be wanting to do that every day.
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Reply By: Nomadic Navara - Saturday, Dec 05, 2020 at 16:30
Saturday, Dec 05, 2020 at 16:30
As no one has spelt out the details here they are. Light vehicles are Class A vehicles. Trucks, motorhomes and buses are Class B. If your tug plus van is over 12.5 m long or over 2.8 m high you are classed as Class B. The tolls for Class B are roughly three times those for Class A.
There were campaigns waged by various organisations like
NRMA and RV Clubs of Australia Limited. The result was the NSW has instituted refunds of the differences between the two classes of toll. It is available to residents of NSW who have both of the vehicles registered in NSW.
You can calculate the tolls using the link
Sydney Motorways Toll Calculator From that you will see that the tolls from the Hume Highway to the M1 Motorway are as follows

Motorway Tolls
If you use Pennant Hills Road (as I do) you will save $24 (approx.) I did that a few Thursdays ago and had a wonderful trip on PHR. I only came to a stop three times and rolled through three sets of lights at around 20 km/h.

Without the tunnel.
As an aside, my rig is 12.75 m total length and 2.3 m high. I was charged Class A for the two sections travelling south. On the return trip I was charged Class A for the M7 and Class B for the M2. If your rig is just under the 12.5 m long,
check the charges for each section you travel.
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