Fairbairn Shuttle service (2022-2023)
A shuttle service between the Canberra Airport terminal and the Fairbairn Business Park operated between 25 July 2022 and 28 February 2023.
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A shuttle service between the Canberra Airport terminal and the Fairbairn Business Park operated between 25 July 2022 and 28 February 2023.
Read MoreIn 2022, 38 buses will be leased: 26 diesel-powered Scanias and 12 plug-in electric buses.
(22 February 2022)
Transport Canberra expects to appoint a supplier to introduce a new open loop ticketing system by mid 2022.
(15 February 2022)
A look back at what occurred in Public Transport news in 2021.
Read More🏆 Bus 720 📷 ‘King of Buses’
Feb: TV-9266 | Mar: Bus 621 | Apr: ex-Bus 717 | May 🏆: Bus 720 | Jun: Bus 597 | Jul: Bus 959 | Aug: Bus 598 | Sep: Bus 485 | Oct: Bus 982 | Nov: Bus 482 | Dec: Bus 957
Read MoreA 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)
“Sandford Street”, the 14th stop on the City to Gungahlin Light Rail has opened.
(15 September 2021)
The ACT Government will introduce an interim weekday bus timetable from Wednesday 25 August in response to the evolving COVID-19 public health situation.
(20 August 2021)
ACT Bus has a look at the contenders for the electric bus fleet.
Read MoreNew Park & Ride located at Well Station Dr, Kenny which features 170 parking spaces is nearing completion.
(19 July 2021)
Construction work has commenced on a new public transport interchange in Woden.
(5 July 2021)
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.
Read MoreLife after ACTION: Bus 115 was a Renault PR100.3 that spent twenty-six years in the ACTION fleet, but where is it now?
Read MoreNetwork 1993 commenced operation in February of that year.
Read MoreThe ACT Goverment today released a tender for the lease of “the territory’s first electric buses.”
(3 June 2021)
MyWay fares are adjusted for inflation at the start of each year. This page tracks the adjustments.
Read MoreSince their introduction in 1975, the bunker shelter has become synonymous with Canberra. Designed by architect Clem Cummings in 1974 for the National Capital Development Commission, close to 500 were installed around Canberra.
Read MoreHaving spent 25 years in the ACTION Fleet, Bus 717 was acquired by the Canberra Transport Museum in 2021.
Read MoreSo what actually happened in 2020?
Read More🏆 Bus 100 📷 ‘King of Buses’
Mar: Bus 518 | Apr: Bus 547 | Jun: Bus 718 | Jul: Bus 115 | Aug: Buses 108 & 967 | Sep: Bus 714 | Oct 🏆: Bus 100 | Nov: Stop #4628 | Dec: Bus 659
Read MoreACT Government has commenced a “market sounding” for supply of 90 battery electric buses and will also issue a tender for the lease of further 34 buses, commencing 2021.
(21 December 2020)
Construction of the Light Rail stop at Mitchell has commenced with buses to replace light rail between 10 and 23 January 2021.
(11 December 2020)
In early 1977, the Department of the Capital Territory followed the example of London Transport in deciding to preserve examples of their older vehicles for posterity.
Read MoreOne of three ‘fossil fuels’ buses, Bus 967 was withdrawn from service in 2020, after 28 years in the ACTION Fleet.
Read Moreex-ACTION Bus 108, a Renault PR100.3, was acquired by the Canberra Transport Museum in July 2020 for preservation.
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Bus 490 was a Yutong ZK6131HG1 battery electric bus (plug-in) which was in service between March 2020 and January 2021.
Network 2020 commenced operations on 18 July 2020.
Read MoreOn 1 July 2020, an era came to a close when Bus 116 – the last remaining ACTION Renault PR100.3 – was retired from service.
Read MoreOn Saturday 18 July the ACT Government will introduce a significant public transport network update that addresses community feedback, making it easier for Canberrans to avoid the peaks and spread their travel across the day.
(16 June 2020)
[June/July 2020]
From 1926 until 1982 a total of 323 AEC buses were operated by the Canberra Bus Service / ACTION.