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For information about the bus, train and ferry services in the city call The Trans-Info Service between 6.00am - 10.00pm. Ph: 13 1230. You can also get information at the Queen Street Information Centre. From Brisbane Airport you can get directly to the Transit centre in the city, as well as the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast.

To view information about shuttle service providers and other available transport from Brisbane Airport to both Brisbane City and the Gold Coast please view the Brisbane Transport page. You can also take a taxi, although they tend to work out more expensive unless travelling in a group.

Buses around the city run up until about 11.00pm Monday - Saturday and 7.00pm on Sunday, with a more frequent service during the weekdays and on Saturday morning. There are various tickets available depending upon where you want to travel to. Or one off journeys a single trip ticket will be sufficient, but if you are planning several journeys throughout the day opt for a Day Rovercard or an Off Peak Saver Card. The Day Rovercard gives unlimited travel for a whole day, while the Off Peak Saver Card can only be used between 9.00am - 3.30pm and after 7.00pm, but all day at weekends. For travel to the Gold Coast you will need to get a South East explorer.

If you just want to travel around the centre hop on the CityCircle Bus (number 333) which travels clockwise along George, Brisbane, Wharf, Eagle, Mary, Albert and Alice Streets during the daytime on weekdays.

To travel out to the suburbs use the Cityxpress buses. You can catch them from the city centre, or the underground bus station under the Myer Centre. You can also take a train from one of the central stations (Brunswick Street, Central and Roma Street) to Beenleigh, Cleveland and Ipswich to the South of the city and Caboolture, Ferny Grove, Pinkenba and Shorncliffe to the North.

Brisbane also offers a ferry service that provides journeys across Brisbane River as well as along it. City Cats travel from Queensland University to the West right over to Bretts Wharf in the East, stopping at North Quay, South Bank, Riverside and New Farm Park along the way. They run at the following times:

You can also use the bus tickets outlined above on this service.

There are also trains to various places in and around Brisbane available. Trainlink travels along the nearby coastline around Brisbane, and to the Gold and Sunshine Coasts. Other trains travel further afield, information for these services can be obtained from Queensland Rail Traveltrain Ph: 13 2232.

You can also get further travel information and contact numbers for the whole of Queensland, from the Queensland Travel Section.

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