The ACT Government is delivering an early election commitment with a new bus network uplift as part of our practical plan for public transport in Canberra.
This new timetable will support more rapid, local and school services from Monday 28 April 2025, the start of term 2.
The uplift aligns with the opening of Australia's largest all-electric bus depot in Woden as network benefits and efficiencies are realised from this nation leading infrastructure.
There will also be more services for the growing Molonglo region. Rapid services between Denman and the city will start earlier, at 6:05 am, and now run every 15-minutes through the day.
Local services connecting Denman, Whitlam and Belconnen will also start earlier and run nearly three hours later, providing hourly frequency from 6 am - 10 pm with 30-minute frequency during the pm peak.
Additional services for popular routes between Belconnen and the city, and Woden and the city will see buses running more frequently during high demand periods.
Weekdays
- Additional Rapid 2 services between Belconnen and the city - 10 extra services in AM peak and 4 extra services in PM peak
- Additional Rapid 4 services between Woden and the city - 4 extra services in AM peak and 3 extra services in PM peak
- Additional Rapid 10 services between Molonglo and the city - 3 extra services in AM peak and extending 15-minute frequency to all day
- Additional Rapid 3 services from the Canberra Airport to the city in the evening
- Additional route 47 services between Molonglo and Belconnen - 6 extra trips across AM and PM peaks
- Additional route 66 services between Woden and Molonglo
Weekends
- Additional Saturday route 47 services between Molonglo and Belconnen - 1 extra service in AM and 2 extra services in PM
- An additional Saturday route 46 service between Kippax and Belconnen in PM
Schools
There will also be a range of improvements to help students get to various schools. This includes additional services and refining routes so they provide better coverage to surrounding suburbs.
Some services are also being adjusted to better align with bell times based on school community feedback. A full outline of service improvements to schools is available on the Transport Canberra website.
Attribute to Minister for Transport Chris Steel:
"This new timetable delivers key parts of Labor's plan for more frequent local and rapid services that we took to the election.
"We can do this because we have built Australia's largest all-electric bus depot in Woden which has increased the efficiency of the whole public transport network.
"We've heard from the community that some buses are full on certain routes, and we've responded by increasing frequency on these routes to meet demand."
