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Pre-paid bus services

Selected TransLink busway station platforms and suburban bus services are pre-paid during peak times. You will need a valid ticket or go card before you enter the pre-paid platform or board a pre-paid bus.

Pre-paid platforms

Some of TransLink's busway stations operate pre-paid platforms during peak times. Pre-paid busway stations include:

Station Pre-paid times (weekdays) Ticket sales
Eight Mile Plains (Platform 1) 6.45am to 9.30am go cart - coffee cart
Upper Mount Gravatt (Platform 1) 6.45am to 10.30am Ticket machine, Platform 1 and Garden City bus station
Roma Street (Platforms 1 and 2) 3pm to 7pm Ticket office, concourse
King George Square (Platforms 1 and 2) 3pm to 7pm Ticket machines, Adelaide Street concourse
Cultural Centre (Platform 2) 3.30pm to 7pm Ticket machines, Platform 1 and pedestrian overpass
South Bank (Platform 2) 3pm to 6.30pm Ticket machine, plaza level
Mater Hill (Platform 2) 2.30pm to 6pm Ticket machines, platforms 1 and 2

Note: Passengers with go cards must touch on using the go card readers at the front door of each bus when boarding at a pre-paid platform.

Pre-paid routes

Selected peak bus routes around Brisbane are pre-paid only to get you to your destination sooner.

Most of these bus routes are commuter services operating in peak times only. Therefore there is at least one alternative bus option for passengers who don't have a go card or other valid ticket.

The CityGlider service is the only pre-paid route that operates throughout the whole day. If you use a go card you can board the CityGlider using the rear door.

View the pre-paid services brochure (PDF, 370KB).

The brochure is also available in:

What if I don't have a go card or other valid ticket?

Passengers without go cards or other valid tickets may continue to buy tickets onboard other bus routes.

There are also various go card and tickets sellers in suburbs across South East Queensland.

Where to buy tickets.

Pre-paid buses

Brisbane central

Pre-paid route Description Alternative bus route
CityGilder Newstead to West End 199

Brisbane south

Pre-paid route Description Alternative bus route
119 Garden City to Brisbane City 120
129 Algester to Brisbane City 130
133 Sunnybank to Brisbane City 130
137 Sunnybank Hills to Brisbane City 130
141 Browns Plains to Brisbane City 140
142 Browns Plains to Brisbane City 140
151 Calamvale to Brisbane City 150
157 Runcorn to Brisbane City 150
173 Mt Gravatt Central to Brisbane City 172, 170
176 Garden City to Brisbane City via Logan Road 170, 171, 175
179 Garden City to Brisbane City via Mansfield 180
189 Holland Park to Brisbane City 180
569 Loganholme to Brisbane City 571
581 Springwood to Brisbane City 551, 561

Brisbane east

Pre-paid route Description Alternative bus route
201 Carindale Heights to Brisbane City 200
206 Carindale to Brisbane City 202, 200
207 Carina to Brisbane City 200
208 Carindale to Brisbane City 202, 200
211 Cannon Hill to Brisbane City 210
216 Tingalpa to Brisbane City 215
221 Wynnum to Brisbane City 220, 227
222 Carindale to Roma Street station 200
231 Balmoral to Brisbane City via Riding Road 230
236 Balmoral to Brisbane City via Thynne Road 235

Brisbane north

Pre-paid route Description Alternative bus route
331 Bracken Ridge to Brisbane City 330
332 Chermside to Brisbane City via Spring Hill 333
339 Taigum to Brisbane City via Kirby Road 340, 325, 335
341 Carseldine to Brisbane City 335, 340
343 Aspley to Brisbane City 345
344 Carseldine to Brisbane City 345
356 McDowell to Brisbane City 353

Brisbane west

Pre-paid route Description Alternative bus route
374 Paddington to Brisbane City 375
384 The Gap to Brisbane City 385
426 Chapel Hill to Brisbane City 425
443 Moggill to Brisbane City 444
455 Riverhills to Brisbane City  453, 454
456 Mt Ommaney to Brisbane City  453, 454
457 Riverhills/Mt Ommaney to Brisbane City  453, 454
458 Mt Ommaney to Brisbane City  453, 454
459 Riverhills to Brisbane City  453, 454
461 Forest Lake to Brisbane City 460
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