NightLink
What is NightLink?
NightLink is the name given to the all-night public transport services that leave Fortitude Valley, Brisbane City and Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast late Friday and Saturday nights. These services help patrons get home safely after a night out.
View NightLink bus timetables and train timetables.
Download the NightLink pocket pal (PDF, 333KB) - effective July 2009.
The NightLink SMS timetable service has been discontinued.
You can also call TransLink on 13 12 30, 24 hours a day, seven days a week for further NightLink information or for service information when you're out on the town.
Thanks to our supporters, NightLink services continue to make inner city Brisbane a safer place to play. Use this form if you manage a late night venue and would like to order NightLink merchandise (PDF, 31KB) - bulk orders only.
NightLink taxi
NightLink taxis are FlatFare taxi services (share-ride services to your door for a cheaper fare than standard metred taxis). FlatFare Taxi services operate between 12am and 5.30am.
NightLink taxis are provided in partnership between Queensland Transport, Black and White Cabs, Yellow Cabs and the Taxi Council of Queensland.
View more information about FlatFare taxis.
Secure taxi ranks
In addition to NightLink taxi ranks there are also a number of secure taxi ranks in the Brisbane CBD, offering normal taxi services in a secure environment.
View more information about secure taxi ranks.
Ticketing and fares
Buses and trains
go card is the easiest and most convenient way to get around and is valid on all NightLink bus and train services. Just don't forget to touch on and touch off!
Single, daily and off-peak daily tickets are valid up to the last NightLink service scheduled, on the day of issue and within the zones printed on the ticket. Passengers who catch a scheduled, next day normal TransLink service will need to purchase another ticket.
For example: if you buy an off-peak daily ticket at 8pm on Friday night to go to the Valley and travel home at 7am Saturday morning on a normal scheduled TransLink service, you will need to purchase a new ticket for the return journey. However, if you depart the Valley on a NightLink service at 3am Saturday morning, the off-peak daily ticket is still valid for travel, as you will be travelling on the previous night's special NightLink service.
If you use a go card just touch on and touch off and the card will figure out the correct fare.
Regular TransLink tickets are valid for NightLink services and they can be purchased from the usual TransLink ticket outlets. Paper tickets can also be purchased on the night from bus drivers or from train stations.
View the current TransLink fare table.
Taxis
NightLink FlatFare services operate within TransLink zones 1 to 6.
NightLink FlatFare taxi services uses modified TransLink zones because there are a number of operating differences between taxis and buses/trains.
For the NightLink FlatFare taxi service TransLink zones 1 to 6 have been adjusted to reflect 'inner' and 'outer' parts of these zones. The inner parts of a zone attract a lower FlatFare than the outer part of the zone and the fare is paid directly to the NightLink FlatFare taxi driver at the beginning of the journey.
View more information about FlatFare zones and fares.
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