To catch public transport in Adelaide, plan your trip online, then tap your metroCARD, bank card or phone on the yellow validation machine as you board. Adelaide Metro says you do not need to tap off when you leave a bus, train or tram, and you can no longer pay with cash when you catch a bus.
From Sunday 1 November 2026, Transperth is changing the Fremantle Line and a long list of bus routes, and the CircleRoute is split: Routes 998 and 999 are withdrawn and replaced by four routes numbered 996, 997, 998 and 999. Bus stands change at several stations, with the largest changes at Curtin University Bus Station, so check which stand your bus leaves from before you go.
If you tap on and off with the same go card, contactless card or phone, a bus-to-tram or tram-to-train trip on the Gold Coast is still one journey and one 50 cent fare, as long as each transfer is within 1 hour and you make no more than 3 transfers. The rules below are from Translink’s transfer pages and are accurate as of October 2026.
Canberra Airport is connected to the City by Transport Canberra’s Rapid 3 bus, which runs seven days a week including public holidays. On weekdays the timetable puts the first bus from the airport at 5:55am and the last at 10:52pm, with a bus about every 15 minutes through most of the day, and on weekends a bus every 30 minutes.
Five bus stop closures on the Gold Coast outside the Gold Coast 500 area are in force or coming up before December, and each has an alternative stop listed by Translink. The longest are in Pimpama, where route 724 stops are affected until Friday 27 November and Gainsborough Drive and Sarabah Way stops are closed until 6 December.
The best way to get to Sculpture by the Sea at Bondi is public transport, according to Transport for NSW and the organisers: take a T4 train to Bondi Junction and change for a bus to the beach, or take route 333 from the city. Around 450,000 people are expected over the 18 days from Friday 16 October to Monday 2 November 2026, and parking is very limited.
Adelaide has free buses and trams in the city centre: the city connector buses 98A, 98C, 99A and 99C, the CBD trams, and the Jetty Road tram in Glenelg. Adelaide Metro says you do not need a metroCARD to use free services, and the connector buses start just before 7:00am and finish at 7:15pm, or 9:15pm on Fridays.
Seniors, students, children aged 5 to 14, pensioners, veterans and job seekers all pay the same 50 cents per journey on Gold Coast trams, buses and trains, according to Translink, because the half-price concession fares no longer apply while the flat fare does. Children aged 4 and under travel free.
You cannot take a bike or an e-scooter on a G:link tram or a bus on the Gold Coast, according to Translink, but you can take one on a train at any time if you follow its rules. Wheelchairs and mobility scooters are allowed on all G:link trams, and Translink says you may need to fold your pram during the busy morning and afternoon times, or when the driver says there is not enough space.
The new Fremantle Traffic Bridge opens on Sunday 1 November 2026, and the community can walk across it from 9am to 1pm at a free festival before it opens to traffic later that evening. There is no event parking, so Main Roads WA suggests walking, wheeling or riding, or taking the train to Fremantle or North Fremantle station, where travel is free on Sunday for SmartRider and contactless users, and using the free shuttle bus from Fremantle Station.