Articles – ACT Bus

Fare increase to apply from January 2026

Public Transport fares will rise by 3% commencing 10 January 2026.
Adult peak MyWay+ fare will rise to $3.41 up from $3.32

New fares to apply from Saturday 4 January 2025

After no increase in six years, fares for Public Transport in Canberra are set to rise by around 3%, commencing Saturday 4 January 2025.

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Election 2024: ACT Labor – Transport Plan

A summary of ACT Labor’s Public Transport policy for the 2024 Election.

Election 2024: Canberra Liberals Public Transport Policy

This is a summary of the Canberra Liberals 2024 Election policy titled “People focused public transport” released on 3 April 2024.

The Long Journey to MyWay+

In 2024, Transport Canberra will launch a combined ticketing system and real-time journey planner which will be known as MyWay+. But how did we get here and why has it taken so long?

Yet more delays in delivery of new Scania buses

Transport Minister Chris Steel has informed the ACT Legislative Assembly that the Scania K320UB buses have been further delayed and that they will be delivered by end of 2024.
[Narrator: they weren’t ]
(6 February 2024, updated 22 September 2024)

Election 2024: Canberra Liberals pledge free student and concession travel

Canberra Liberals have promised free public transport for students, concessions and seniors if they win the 2024 ACT Election – but have provided no further details.
(2 February 2024)

2023: year in review

Our annual re-cap of what happened in Public Transport during the last year.

Timetable adjustments commence 9 October 2023

New weekday timetables take effect from 9 October 2023.

Guide to MyWay+

A guide to the MyWay+ ticketing and real-time system.

Updated – 4 JANUARY 2025

Delays in delivery of new Scania buses (2023)

In 2023, ACT Transport Minister Chris Steel provided three progress reports to the ACT Legislative Assembly about the delays in receipt of the 26 leased Scania K320UB buses.

By the end of 2023, only 9 of the 26 buses were delivered.

2022: year in review

What happened in Public Transport in 2022? Read this article to look back on the year as we saw it.

Network 2023 changes badly received

Timetable changes set to commence 30 January 2023 have been released – but a reduction in off-peak services has been badly received.
(17 December 2023)

The Bus Safe Rap

ACTION’s late 80s bus safety video was a snap. Do you remember the Bus Safe Rap?

2021: year in review

A look back at what occurred in Public Transport news in 2021.

Mix106.3 Packs the Bus to help families this Xmas

A Transport Canberra bus will be collecting gifts and food from 6 December 2021 for two weeks as part of Mix106.3’s ‘Pack the Bus’
(24 November 2021)

Covid-19: Face mask and Check In mandate applied to Public Transport

Due to the recent outbreaks of Covid-19 in other states, the ACT Government has announced two new precautionary measures which will affect public transport users in the region.

2020: year in review

So what actually happened in 2020?

New bus network commences 29 April 2019

Transport Canberra have published the timetables and maps for the new bus network which commences on Monday 29 April 2019. The same routes will operate seven days a week with services on Sunday nights extended to 10pm.

Ticket vending machines now in use

Ticket Vending Machines which have been installed at four Canberra bus stations are now operational.

‘Culture Loop’ (2018-2020)

The Culture Loop bus service operated between December 2018 and early 2020. It provided a free shuttle service between many of Canberra’s national attractions, but ceased operating due to Covid-19.

1987 in focus

1987 saw delivery of the Renault PR100.2 Mk1 buses commence, and planning began for an overhaul of Canberra’s bus network.

Two rainbow-wrapped buses unveiled this week

The ACT government’s marriage equality campaign has decorated Canberra’s streets following the release of two Transport Canberra buses, which have been wrapped in rainbows.
[City News 29 August 2017]

Alternative energy bus trial to commence in August 2017

Transport Canberra’s long awaited trial of alternative energy buses will commence next week.

ACT Transport Minister Meegan Fitzharris today revealed the two buses which will participate in the twelve month trial, a fully-electric BYD Toro bus supplied by Carbridge and a Volvo B5RLEH Hybrid.

‘City Loop’ – free inner-City loop route (2016-2019)

The City Loop operated between July 2016 and April 2019. It provided a free anti-clockwise loop around the City and Braddon.

Budget 2016-17

The 2016-17 ACT Budget funded a number of improvements to the Canberra bus network.

2015 in Focus

A wrap-up of ACT public transport happenings from 2015 as viewed by ACT Bus

Lyneham’s first bus services

The first bus service to Lyneham commenced on 22 December 1958, when the group of routes – numbers 29, 30, 31 and 33 – were extended from O’Connor to the yet-to-be-constructed Lyneham Shops.

What’s in a name?

Until the launch of the ACTION trading name in 1977, the ‘owners’ of the bus service had used, with little consistency, a great variety of names to describe the operation of public transport in Canberra.

The first buses to Tuggeranong

Only six houses in Kambah were occupied when the Canberra City Omnibus Service first ran to the then new suburb on 24 June 1974.

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