Brisbane's New Bus Network
Brisbane is growing and so is our bus network. Each year, our bus network moves more than two-thirds of Brisbane's public transport customers - that's nearly 80 million customers.
Brisbane City Council is evolving our network by investing in high-frequency turn-up-and-go services, to connect you to the people, places and activities you love.
Community consultation
To help create the best network possible, Council invited community feedback through a two-phase engagement program.
- Phase 1: Initial city-wide online survey to seek early feedback on current travel preferences and experiences (July-October 2022).
- Phase 2: Community consultation where we invited you to have your say on the proposed network changes (October-December 2022).
Thank you to everyone who joined the conversation and provided valuable feedback. Following consultation, Council reviewed and summarised all feedback. This has informed a Community Consultation Report, which outlines the consultation process, key feedback themes, online survey results and next steps for the network.
Your feedback will now be considered as part of reshaping the bus network. Once the network has been finalised, we will submit the network to Translink for approval.
Community Consultation Report
Read through the Community Consultation Report to learn more about how you had your say on Brisbane’s New Bus Network and next steps.
Download the:
Community consultation feedback snapshot
readiness for public transport network improvements
excitement about the introduction of high-frequency, electric metro services
importance of bus services to local communities
enthusiasm for bus connections between neighbouring suburban centres
Your evolving bus network
Brisbane’s New Bus Network will:
- Introduce two new Brisbane Metro lines, unlocking capacity to get more people to where they want to go, at the times they want to travel.
- Reduce bottlenecks and congestion by better utilising our busways and simplifying where services enter and exit the CBD, to deliver greater service reliability.
- Increase connections with other public transport modes, including Cross River Rail, to create more interchange opportunities and travel options.
Helpful resources
To support the community consultation process in late 2022, a series of resources were developed to help Brisbane residents understand the proposed changes and provide feedback. These include the Interactive network map and Brisbane's New Bus Network Guide. The community consultation has closed, but you can still access our resources to find out more about proposed changes.
Interactive network map
Use the map to view Brisbane's New Bus Network, see what changes were proposed in late 2022.
Brisbane's New Bus Network Guide
Read Brisbane's New Bus Network Guide to learn more about the changes proposed in late 2022.
Brisbane's New Bus Network timeline
2021-2022
Development of Brisbane's New Bus Network draft
late 2022
Community consultation on Brisbane's New Bus Network draft
mid-2023
Community consultation report released
late 2023
Submit final network to Translink for approval
2024
Progressively deliver metro services and implement the new network
ONGOING
Planning for future metro lines and network enhancements
Future network extensions
The new network will unblock bottlenecks and reduce congestion in the CBD and Brisbane’s south-eastern suburbs. This will enable capacity for future growth for the northern and eastern corridors, providing opportunity for more turn-up-and-go, on-time services for the rest of the network.
Future stages of Brisbane Metro could see services extend to other areas of Brisbane including Chermside, Brisbane Airport, Capalaba via Carindale and Springwood. These extensions would be subject to the delivery of busway infrastructure, available funding and government approvals. Council will continue to work with other levels of Government on future stages.
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