From Monday, June 30, Brisbane’s new bus network will be introduced alongside a new Brisbane Metro route: M1 from Eight Mile Plains to Roma Street. This new network and metro services are expected to improve reliability and increase capacity to ease traffic in key areas of the city.
With almost three-quarters of Brisbane’s bus services changing in some way, including services being cut, added, rerouted, renamed, or split in half.
The Buses They Are A’Changin’
New routes
There will be five new bus routes, plus the new M1 Metro service.
- Route 26 Upper Mt Gravatt station (Garden City) to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) station via Woolloongabba and Fortitude Valley
- Route P109 Acacia Ridge to City via Ipswich Road
- Route 127 Indooroopilly to Fairfield Gardens Shopping Centre via Yeronga
- Route 182 Upper Mt Gravatt station (Garden City) to Holland Park West station via Wishart and Mansfield
- Route 197 South Brisbane to City
- M1 New Metro service from Eight Mile Plains to Roma Street
Cancelled routes
There will be three cancelled routes.
- Route 28 Langlands Park to the University of Queensland
- Route 145 Browns Plains to Griffith University Nathan Campus
- Route P151 Calamvale to City
Routes split in two
Three routes will be split in two.
- Route 375 Bardon to Stafford will be divided into Route 348 Stafford to City via Lutwyche, and Route 375 Bardon to City
- Route 379 Ashgrove to Stafford via Grange will be divided into Route 347 Stafford to City via Grange, and Route 379 Ashgrove to City
- Route 470 Toowong to Teneriffe Ferry will be divided into Route 470 Toowong to City, and Route 309 RBWH station to City via Teneriffe
Merged routes
Twelve routes will be merged.
- Route 124 with Route 125
- Route 174 with Route 175
- Route 184 with Route 185
- Route 108 with Route 105
- Route 117 with Route 115
- Route 136 with Route 132
- Route 178 with Route 177
- Route P129 with Route 131
- Route P157 with Route 156
- Route P173 with Route 172
- Route P207 with Route P217
- Route P343 with Route 345
Transfers
Twelve suburban routes will require passengers to transfer to a Metro or a different bus to get into the city.
- Route 105
- Route 110
- Route 112
- Route 113
- Route 115
- Route 135
- Route 155
- Route 161
- Route 170
- Route 172
- Route 202
- Route 203
There will be changes to no less than 155 routes, which you can see here.
More information
Due to the extensiveness of the changes, it may take time for drivers to re-familiarise themselves with the network. We recommend visiting Translink’s journey planner and setting a date after June 30 before going on a new route.
And, to aid in the process of learning, Brisbane City Council and Translink will be providing pop-up information sessions throughout June at the following times and venues:
- Monday, June 9, 2.30pm – 5.30pm — Chermside Library
- Tuesday, June 10, 10am – 1pm — Boggo Road Station
- Wednesday, June 11, 10am – 1pm — Queen Street Mall Visitor Information Centre
- Thursday, June 12, 10am – 1pm — Carindale Shopping Centre Interchange
- Friday, June 13, 10am-1pm — Indooroopilly Bus Station
- Monday, June 16, 12pm-4pm — Garden City Library
- Tuesday, June 17, 10am-1pm — Queen Street Mall Visitor Information Centre
- Wednesday, June 18, 10am-1pm — Coorparoo Square
- Friday, June 20, 10am-1pm — RBWH Station
Safe travels!